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04/03/2012 |
TelecoWorld: France
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The following figure presents the evolution of public and cellular telephones in France (Source: ART, UIT).

| Millions | 1Q10 | 2Q10 | 3Q10 | 4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 |
3Q11 |
4Q11 | ∆Qter | ∆Year |
| Mobile Accesses |
61,556 |
62,063 |
62,964 |
65,012 |
65,489 |
66,012 |
67,010 |
68,520 |
2.3% |
5.4% |
| % Prepaid | 29.6% |
28.8% |
28.3% |
28.6% |
28.5% |
28.2% |
28.2% |
28.4% |
- |
- |
| SMS/Cell./Month | 120.6 |
130.0 |
133.9 |
159.4 |
172.5 |
179.2 |
179.3 |
203.0 |
13.3% |
27.2% |
| Fixed Telephones | 40,652 |
40,458 |
40,306 |
40,402 |
40,187 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Broadband | 19,898 |
20,123 |
20,438 |
20,847 |
21,258 |
21,500 |
21,795 |
- |
- |
- |
Source: ART
| Densities/100 inhab. | 1Q10 | 2Q10 | 3Q10 | 4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 |
3Q11 |
4Q11 |
| Mobile Accesses | 95.4 |
96.1 |
97.5 |
100.7 |
100.9 |
101.7 |
103.2 |
105.5 |
| Fixed Telephones | 63.0 |
62.7 |
62.4 |
62.5 |
61.8 |
- |
- |
- |
| Broadband | 30.8 |
31.2 |
31.7 |
32.2 |
32.7 |
33.1 |
33.6 |
- |
Source: ART
Annual Results
| Millions | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
∆Year |
| Mobile Accesses | 48,099 | 51,693 | 55,358 | 58,074 | 61,483 | 65,012 |
68,520 |
6.4% |
| % Prepaid | 36.6% | 35.1% | 34.4% | 32.3% | 30.6% | 28.6% |
28.4% |
- |
| SMS sent (Millions) | - | - | 5,894 | 11,565 | 19,437 | 33,738 |
41,733 |
23.7% |
| Fixed Telephones | 36,380 | 38,168 | 39,586 | 40,651 | 41,172 | 40,187 |
- |
- |
| Broadband | 9,449 | 12,695 | 15,551 | 17,691 | 19,398 | 21,258 |
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- |
Source: ART
| Densities | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Cell/100 inhab. | 79.6 | 85.1 | 87.6 | 91.3 | 95.8 | 100.7 |
105.5 |
| SMS per cell/month | - | - | 37.0 | 69.0 | 110.2 | 159.4 |
203 |
| Fixed Tel./100 inhab. | 60.2 | 62.9 | 62.6 | 64.1 | 64.2 | 61.6 |
- |
| Broadband/100 inhab. | 15.6 | 20.9 | 24.6 | 27.9 | 30.2 | 32.3 |
- |
Mobile Operators
Quater Results
| Mobile Accesses (Thousands) | 1Q10 | 2Q10 | 3Q10 | 4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 | 3Q11 | 4Q11 | ∆Qter | ∆Year |
Orange (France Telecom) |
26,161 | 26,187 | 26,265 | 26,929 | 26,668 | 26,656 | 26,588 |
27,090 | 1.9% |
0.6% |
| SFR* | 20,364 | 20,562 | 20,815 | 21,303 | 21,039 | 21,059 | 21,158 |
21,463 | 1.4% |
0.8% |
| Bouygues Telecom | 10,394 | 10,514 | 10,721 | 11,084 | 11,191 | 11,187 | 11,217 |
11,304 | 0.3% |
4.6% |
* Vodafone 43.9%
Note: Dauphin Telecom doesn't release period results. Operates in Saint-Martin, Guadaloupe, Guiana and Saint-Barthélémy.
Annual Results
| Mobile Accesses (Thousands) | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ∆Year |
Orange (France Telecom) |
22,430 | 23,268 | 24,226 | 25,202 | 26,334 | 26,929 | 27,090 | 0.6% |
| SFR* | 15,800 | 17,583 | 18,766 | 19,652 | 20,395 | 21,303 | 21,463 | 0.8% |
| Bouygues Telecom | 8,100 | - | 9,000 | 9,327 | 10,352 | 11,084 | 11,304 |
7.1% |
*Vodafone 43.9%
Note: Dauphin Telecom doesn't release period results.
Dauphin Telecom operates in: Saint-Martin, Saint-Barths, Guadeloupe and Martinique (Caribbean Islands).
Fixed Telephony Operators
France Telecom is the local fixed telephony operator. But also there are long distance operators.
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