France - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

Supported by a population of more than 65 million, France's telecom market is one of the largest in Europe. Telecom revenue, at about €30 billion annually, has declined in recent years and came under particular pressure during 2020 when a sequence of local and national lockdowns, as well as restrictions on international travel, resulted in a sharp drop in revenue from roaming and device sales. This was partly offset by growth in data traffic and the migration of subscribers to faster fixed-line broadband packages, mostly based on fibre.

The incumbent telco Orange Group is one of the world's major players, with interests in markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company has embarked on a new multi-year Engage 2025 plan which is focussed on growth in the developing markets, and on the greater use of artificial intelligence and data. Despite market liberalisation, Orange still dominates all sectors, though increasing competition from a number of major players has gradually eroded this lead.

The mobile phone market, worth about €13 billion annually, is dominated by Orange, SFR Group (owned by Altice Group), Bouygues Telecom, and Free Mobile (Iliad). There are many MVNOs in the market, though their share of subscribers fell at the end of 2020 when one of the largest of them was acquired by its host network operator. LTE networks provide near universal coverage, and carry about 95% of mobile data traffic. Operators have launched 5G services, and these have been supported by the late-2020 auction of spectrum in the 3.5GHz range.

France's fixed broadband market is increasingly focussed on fibre, which accounted for 71% of all fixed lines at the beginning of 2021. Growth in the fibre sector has been stimulated by households securing faster data packages during the pandemic. The number of DSL lines has fallen sharply as customers migrate to fibre infrastructure.

BuddeComm notes that the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on the telecoms market. On the consumer side, spending on telecoms services and devices is under pressure from the financial effect of large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes. However, the crucial nature of telecom services, both for general communication as well as a tool for home-working, has offset such pressures. In many markets the net effect has been a reduced (and sometimes negative) subscriber growth, which will continue into 2021.

Overall progress towards 5G may be postponed or slowed down in some countries.

On the consumer side, spending on telecoms services and devices is under pressure from the financial effect of large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes. However, the crucial nature of telecom services, both for general communication as well as a tool for home-working, will offset such pressures. In many markets the net effect should be a steady though reduced increased in subscriber growth.

Although it is challenging to predict and interpret the long-term impacts of the crisis as it develops, these have been acknowledged in the industry forecasts contained in this report.

The report also covers the responses of the telecom operators as well as government agencies and regulators as they react to the crisis to ensure that citizens can continue to make optimum use of telecom services. This can be reflected in subsidy schemes and the promotion of tele-health and tele-education, among other solutions.

Key developments:

ARCEP assumes responsibility for press distribution, introduces measures to encourage the switch from copper to fibre infrastructure;

SpaceX's Starlink providing satellite broadband connectivity across France;

Orange Group sets up Orange Concessions to coordinate fibre rollouts with local authorities;

Iliad sells its French tower portfolio to help fund 5G rollout;

Orange aiming to start closing down the PSTN from 2023;

Regulator approves 5G trial licences in the 26GHz band;

Report update includes the regulator's market data to March 2021, telcos' financial and operating data to Q1 2021, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Orange, Iliad (Free, Free Mobile), Altice (SFR Group, Numéricable), Bouygues Telecom, Virgin Mobile, Omea Telecom.

Key statistics

Regional European Market Comparison

Europe Telecom Maturity Index by tier
- Market Leaders
- Market Challengers
- Market Emergents
TMI versus GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

Economic considerations and responses
Subscribers
Infrastructure

Telecommunications market

Market analysis

Regulatory environment

Historical overview
Regulatory authority
- Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARCEP)
Fixed-line developments
- National legal framework
- France NumErique 2012
- Privatisation of Orange Group
- Interconnect
- Access
- Number Portability (NP)
- Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
- European Electronic Communications Code
Mobile network developments
- Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
- Network sharing
- Mobile termination rate (MTR)
- Roaming
- Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

Mobile market

Market analysis
Mobile statistics
- General statistics
Mobile infrastructure
- 5G
- 4G (LTE)
- 3G
- GSM
Machine-to-Machine (M2M)
Mobile voice
- Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE)
Mobile data
- Short Message Service (SMS)
- Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
Mobile broadband
Major mobile operators
- Orange
- Altice France
- Free Mobile
- Bouygues Telecom
- MVNOs
Mobile content and applications
- m-payments
- m-banking

Fixed-line broadband market

Introduction and statistical overview
- Market analysis
- Broadband statistics
- Regulatory issues
Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
- Introduction
- Statistics
- Orange
- Iliad (Free)
- SFR
- Bouygues Telecom
- SNCF
- Altitude Infra
- Municipal projects
- Fibre network sharing
Other fixed broadband services
- Broadband Powerline (BPL)
- Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)

Fixed network operators

Orange Group
- Essentials 2020
- Engage 2025
Altice France
Free (Iliad)
Bouygues Telecom

Telecommunications infrastructure

National telecom network
International infrastructure
- Submarine cable networks
- SEA-ME-WE 5
- Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)
- Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1)
- Ireland-France Cable-1 (IFC-1)
- Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE)
- Amitié
- Dunant
- CrossChannel Fibre
- 2Africa submarine cable
- Satellite networks
- Cloud services
Smart infrastructure
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Smart Cities

Appendix - Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 - Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - France - 2021 (e)
Table 2 - Development in telecom service investment (€ billion) - 2011 - 2019
Table 3 - Change in end-user traffic volume in billion minutes by sector - 2011 - 2020
Table 4 - Percentage change in end-user traffic by sector - 2009 - 2020
Table 5 - Decline in telecom market revenue (€ billion), by sector - 2011 - 2020
Table 6 - Development of end-user fixed-line market revenue (€ billion) (telephony, broadband) - 2011 - 2020
Table 7 - Change in the proportion of telecom revenue by sector - 2009 - 2020
Table 8 - Percentage change in end-user telecom market revenue - 2009 - 2020
Table 9 - End-user monthly bill (€/month) by service - 2010 - 2020
Table 10 - Change in the number of fixed lines (million) subscriptions by type - 2011 - 2020
Table 11 - Change in the number of unbundled and bitstream lines (million) - 2011 - 2020
Table 12 - Decline in the number of Orange's wholesale broadband lines (million) - 2011 - 2020
Table 13 - Development of annual fixed number porting - 2011 - 2020
Table 14 - 2.6GHz spectrum results - September 2011
Table 15 - 3.5GHz spectrum results - October 2020
Table 16 - Growth in mobile roaming out voice traffic - 2011 - 2020
Table 17 - Change in the number of annual mobile numbers ported - 2011 - 2021
Table 18 - Developments in mobile retail revenue and network investment (€ billion) - 2011 - 2020
Table 19 - Development of investment in 3G and LTE infrastructure (€ billion) - 2013 - 2019
Table 20 - Decline in average monthly bill, ARPU - 2011 - 2020
Table 21 - Increase in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 2011 - 2026
Table 22 - Increase in the number of active mobile subscribers - 2009 - 2021
Table 23 - Change in mobile market share of subscribers by MNO - 2011 - 2020
Table 24 - Change in the number of prepaid and contract subscribers (million) (national, excl. M2M) - 2010 - 2021
Table 25 - Change in the proportion of prepaid versus contract subscribers - 2011 - 2021
Table 26 - Change in the number of active 3G and LTE subscribers (million) - 2011 - 2020
Table 27 - Increase in the number of Free Mobile's LTE/5G subscribers - 2014 - 2021
Table 28 - Free Mobile's average LTE data use by subscriber - 2015 - 2020
Table 29 -3G base stations in service by operator - May 2021
Table 30 - 2G base stations in service by operator - May 2021
Table 31 - Increase in the number of M2M cards (million) in use - 2011 - 2021
Table 32 - Development of revenue from M2M cards - 2009 - 2020
Table 33 - Growth in mobile voice traffic - 2011 - 2020
Table 34 - Growth in quarterly mobile voice traffic in minutes by type (billion minutes) - 2011 - 2020
Table 35 - Growth in annual mobile voice traffic by type (billion minutes) - 2011 - 2020
Table 36 - Growth in mobile data traffic outgoing (thousand TB) - 2011 - 2020
Table 37 - Growth in average mobile data traffic per LTE subscriber - 2011 - 2020
Table 38 - Increase in average mobile data traffic per mobile subscriber - 2011 - 2019
Table 39 - Change in SMS traffic volume outgoing (national) - 2011 - 2020
Table 40 - Decline in annual SMS traffic - 2011 - 2020
Table 41 - Growth in annual MMS traffic - 2011 - 2020
Table 42 - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
Table 43 - Change in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2020
Table 44 - Change in the number of Orange's mobile subscribers (million) - 2011 - 2021
Table 45 - Decline in Orange's ARPU and ARPO - 2009 - 2021
Table 46 - Change in Orange's mobile-only revenue (new style) - 2016 - 2021
Table 47 - Change in Orange's mobile customer churn - 2011 - 2021
Table 48 - Change in SFR's mobile revenue (€ billion) (under Altice) - 2014 - 2020
Table 49 - Development of SFR's subscriber base by type (million) - 2011 - 2020
Table 50 - Growth in Free Mobile's mobile subscriber base - 2012 - 2021
Table 51 - Growth in Free Mobile's mobile revenue - 2012 - 2021
Table 52 - Growth in Bouygues Telecom's mobile subscriber base - 2011 - 2021
Table 53 - Decline in Bouygues Telecom's mobile ARPU - 2011 - 2021
Table 54 - Development of Bouygues Telecom's financial data by type (€ million) - 2011 - 2021
Table 55 - Orange MVNO subscribers - 2009 - 2020
Table 56 - Increase in the number of MNO and MVNO subscribers (million) (metropolitan) - 2011 - 2021
Table 57 - Change in MVNO market share of subscribers (metropolitan) - 2011 - 2021
Table 58 - Change in the number of broadband subscribers (million) by platform - 2011 - 2020
Table 59 - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
Table 60 - Growth in the number of broadband connections (million) by data rate - 2011 - 2020
Table 61 - Increase in the number of superfast broadband connections (million) (>100Mb/s) by platform - 2011 - 2020
Table 62 - Change in broadband penetration by technology - 2011 - 2020
Table 63 - Development of fixed and mobile broadband investment (€ billion) - 2015 - 2019
Table 64 - Increase in the number of fibre premises under public initiatives - 2014 - 2020
Table 65 - Change in the number of superfast cable broadband subscriptions - 2011 - 2020
Table 66 - Decline in the number of DSL subscribers - 2011 - 2020
Table 67 - Drop in the number of Orange's DSL subscriptions - 2010 - 2021
Table 68 - Development of Free's broadband revenue - 2010 - 2021
Table 69 - Growth in the number of Free's broadband subscriber base - 2010 - 2021
Table 70 - Development of Free's broadband subscriber ARPU - 2011 - 2021
Table 71 - Increase in the number of FttP passed buildings - 2011 - 2020
Table 72 - Increase in the number of FttP subscribers - 2011 - 2020
Table 73 - Increase in the number of Orange's fibre subscribers and connected premises- 2011 - 2021
Table 74 - Increase in the number of Free's fibre subscribers - 2015 - 2021
Table 75 - Growth in the number of SFR's broadband subscriber base, by type - 2013 - 2020
Table 76 - Increase in the number of SFR broadband homes passed (million) - 2009 - 2020
Table 77 - Increase in the number of Bouygues Telecom's broadband and fibre subscribers - 2011 - 2021
Table 78 - FttP subscriptions via shared networks - 2015 - 2019
Table 79 - Change in the number of Orange's customers (million) by sector (France) - 2011 - 2021
Table 80 - Drop in the number of Orange's retail voice lines - 2011 - 2021
Table 81 - Development of Orange Group's financial data (€ billion) by sector - 2011 - 2021
Table 82 - Decline in Orange's domestic revenue (€ billion) - 2011 - 2021
Table 83 - Change in Orange's domestic telecom capex (€ billion) - 2011 - 2020
Table 84 - Change in the number of Orange's retail and wholesale lines (million) - 2011 - 2021
Table 85 - Growth in the number of Altice France's subscribers by type - 2009 - 2020
Table 86 - Development of Altice France's financial data (€ billion) - 2009 - 2020
Table 87 - Development of Altice France's revenue (€ billion) by type - 2014 - 2020
Table 88 - Change in Altice France's telecom capex - 2011 - 2020
Table 89 - Development of Free's revenue (€ billion) by segment - 2011 - 2021
Table 90 - Increase in the number of Free's subscribers by sector (million) - 2011 - 2021
Table 91 - Change in the number of Bouygues Telecom's subscribers by sector (million) - 2011 - 2021
Table 92 - Development of Bouygues Telecom's (€ million) financial data - 2009 - 2021
Table 93 - Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service and teledensity - 2011 - 2026
Table 94 - Change in the proportion of fixed lines by technology - 2011 - 2020
Table 95 - Development of international internet bandwidth - 2009 - 2017
Table 96 - Historic - Data market revenue by type (€ million) - 2002 - 2012
Table 97 - Historic - Mobile retail revenue - 1998 - 2010
Table 98 - Historic - Mobile subscribers (national, old format incl. M2M) and penetration rate - 1999 - 2010
Table 99 - Historic - Annual mobile numbers ported - 2004 - 2010
Table 100 - Historic - Prepaid and contract subscribers (million) (old format national, incl. M2M) - 2005 - 2014
Table 101 - Historic - Growth in Mobile voice traffic - 1998 - 2010
Table 102 - Historic - Mobile market share of subscribers by operator - 2005 - 2010
Table 103 - Historic - Proportion of prepaid versus contract subscribers - 1999 - 2010
Table 104 - Historic - Mobile interconnection revenue - 2003 - 2017
Table 105 - Historic - Mobile roaming out voice traffic - 2003 - 2010
Table 106 - Historic - Orange mobile revenue (€ million) by type - 2011 - 2017
Table 107 - Historic - Dial-up internet subscribers - 2005 - 2015
Table 108 - Historic - Internet users and penetration rate - 1995 - 2015
Table 109 - Historic - Dial-up internet traffic - 2004 - 2014
Table 110 - Historic - Cable broadband subscribers - 2000 - 2017
Table 111 - Historic - DSL subscribers - 2000 - 2010
Table 112 - Historic - Broadband subscribers (thousand) by platform - 2000 - 2010
Table 113 - Historic - Proportion of premises covered by superfast broadband networks - 2012 - 2017
Table 114 - Historic - Orange DSL subscriptions - 2005 - 2010
Table 115 - Historic - Free broadband revenue - 2006 - 2010
Table 116 - Historic - Free broadband subscribers - 2005 - 2010
Table 117 - Historic - Orange fibre subscribers and connected premises- 2006 - 2010
Table 118 - Historic - Telecom service investment (€ billion) - 2002 - 2010
Table 119 - Historic - End-user fixed-line market value (€ billion) - 2003 - 2010
Table 120 - Historic - Proportion of fixed lines by technology - 2004 - 2010
Table 121 - Historic - International internet bandwidth - 2000 - 2010
Table 122 - Historic - End-user traffic volume in billion minutes by sector - 1999 - 2010
Table 123 - Historic - End-user traffic growth by sector - 2002 - 2009
Table 124 - Historic - Change in end-user telecom market revenue - 2004 - 2009
Table 125 - Historic - Fixed lines subscriptions (million) by type - 2003 - 2010
Table 126 - Historic - Unbundled and bitstream lines (million) - 2002 - 2010
Table 127 - Historic - Indirect fixed line connections (million) - 2006 - 2016
Table 128 - Historic - Decline in the number of Orange's wholesale broadband lines (thousand) - 2006 - 2010
Table 129 - Historic - Decline in average monthly bill, ARPU (€ / month) - 2006 - 2010
Table 130 - Historic - Change in the number of prepaid and contract subscribers(million) (national, excl. M2M) - 1999 - 2010
Table 131 - Historic - Change in the number of active 3G and LTE subscribers (million) - 2007 - 2010
Table 132 - Historic - Growth in mobile voice traffic in (billion) minutes by type (quarterly) - 2006 - 2010
Table 133 - Historic - Change in SMS traffic volume (national) - 2004 - 2010
Table 134 - Historic - Decline in annual SMS traffic - 2003 - 2010
Table 135 - Historic - Growth in annual MMS traffic - 2003 - 2010
Table 136 - Historic - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2007 - 2010
Table 137 - Historic - Change in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers - 2007 - 2010
Table 138 - Historic - Change in the number of Orange's mobile subscribers - 2005 - 2010
Table 139 - Historic - Change in Orange's mobile customer churn - 2003 - 2010
Table 140 - Historic - Development of SFR's subscriber base (million) by type - 2006 - 2010
Table 141 - Historic - Growth in Bouygues Telecom's mobile subscriber base - 2005 - 2010
Table 142 - Historic - Decline in Bouygues Telecom's mobile ARPU - 2007 - 2010
Table 143 - Historic - Development of Bouygues Telecom's financial data (€ million) by type - 2005 - 2010
Table 144 - Historic - Increase in the number of MNO and MVNO subscribers (million) (metropolitan) - 2005 - 2010
Table 145 - Historic - Change in MVNO market share of subscribers (metropolitan) - 2005 - 2010
Table 146 - Historic - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2000 - 2010
Table 147 - Historic - Change in broadband penetration by technology - 2007 - 2010
Table 148 - Historic - Change in the number of Orange's customers (million) by sector (France) - 2006 - 2010
Table 149 - Historic - Drop in the number of Orange's retail voice lines - 2007 - 2010
Table 150 - Historic - Decline in Orange's domestic revenue (€ billion) - 2007 - 2010
Table 151 - Historic - Change in the number of Orange's retail and wholesale lines (million) - 2006 - 2010
Table 152 - Historic - Increase in Free's revenue (€ million) by segment - 2006 - 2010
Table 153 - Historic - Increase in the number of Free's subscribers (million) by sector - 2005 - 2010
Table 154 - Historic - Change in the number of Bouygues Telecom's subscribers (thousand) by sector - 2005 - 2010
Table 155 - Historic - Decline in telecom market revenue (€ billion), by sector - 2008 - 2010
Table 156 - Historic - Development of annual fixed number porting - 2005 - 2010
Table 157 - Historic - Growth in mobile data traffic - 2008 - 2010
Table 158 - Historic - Increase in the number of FttP equipped and passed buildings - 2008 - 2010
Table 159 - Historic - Development of Orange Group's financial data (€ billion) by sector - 2008 - 2010
Table 160 - Historic - Change in Orange's domestic telecom capex (€ million) - 2008 - 2010
Table 161 - Historic - SFR Group telecom capex - 2008 - 2010
Table 162 - Historic - Growth in annual mobile voice traffic (billion minutes) by type - 2008 - 2010

List of Charts

Chart 1 - Europe Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Leaders (top tier)
Chart 2 - Europe Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Challengers (middle tier)
Chart 3 - Europe Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Emergents (bottom tier)
Chart 4 - Overall view - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 5 - Europe - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 6 - Scandinavia and Baltics - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 7 - Northern Europe - mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 8 - Southern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 9 - Eastern Europe mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
Chart 10 - Scandinavia and Baltics fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 11 - Northern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 12 - Southern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 13 - Eastern Europe fixed and mobile broadband penetration
Chart 14 - Development in telecom service investment - 2011 - 2019
Chart 15 - Change in end-user traffic volume in minutes by sector - 2011 - 2020
Chart 16 - Percentage change in end-user traffic by sector - 2009 - 2020
Chart 17 - Decline in telecom market revenue, by sector - 2011 - 2020
Chart 18 - Development of end-user fixed-line market revenue (telephony, broadband) - 2011 - 2020
Chart 19 - Change in the proportion of telecom revenue by sector - 2009 - 2020
Chart 20 - End-user monthly bill (€/month) by service - 2010 - 2020
Chart 21 - Change in the number of fixed lines subscriptions by type - 2011 - 2020
Chart 22 - Change in the number of unbundled and bitstream lines - 2011 - 2020
Chart 23 - Decline in the number of Orange's wholesale broadband lines - 2011 - 2020
Chart 24 - Development of annual fixed number porting - 2011 - 2020
Chart 25 - Growth in mobile roaming out voice traffic - 2011 - 2020
Chart 26 - Change in the number of annual mobile numbers ported - 2011 - 2021
Chart 27 - Developments in mobile retail revenue and network investment - 2011 - 2020
Chart 28 - Development of investment in 3G and LTE infrastructure - 2013 - 2019
Chart 29 - Decline in average monthly bill, ARPU - 2011 - 2020
Chart 30 - Increase in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 2011 - 2026
Chart 31 - Change in mobile market share of subscribers by MNO - 2011 - 2020
Chart 32 - Change in the number of prepaid and contract subscribers (national, excl. M2M) - 2010 - 2021
Chart 33 - Change in the proportion of prepaid versus contract subscribers - 2011 - 2021
Chart 34 - Change in the number of active 3G and LTE subscribers - 2011 - 2020
Chart 35 - Increase in the number of Free Mobile's LTE/5G subscribers - 2014 - 2021
Chart 36 - Increase in the number of M2M cards in use - 2011 - 2021
Chart 37 - Development of revenue from M2M cards - 2009 - 2020
Chart 38 - Growth in mobile voice traffic - 2011 - 2020
Chart 39 - Growth in annual mobile voice traffic by type - 2011 - 2020
Chart 40 - Growth in mobile data traffic (outgoing) - 2011 - 2020
Chart 41 - Growth in average mobile data traffic per LTE subscriber - 2011 - 2020
Chart 42 - Increase in average mobile data traffic per mobile subscriber - 2011 - 2019
Chart 43 - Change in SMS traffic volume (national) - 2011 - 2020
Chart 44 - Decline in annual SMS traffic - 2011 - 2020
Chart 45 - Growth in annual MMS traffic - 2011 - 2020
Chart 46 - Growth in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
Chart 47 - Change in the number of dedicated mobile broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2020
Chart 48 - Change in the number of Orange's mobile subscribers (France) - 2011 - 2021
Chart 49 - Decline in Orange's ARPU and ARPO - 2009 - 2021
Chart 50 - Change in Orange's mobile-only revenue (new style) - 2016 - 2021
Chart 51 - Change in Orange's mobile customer churn - 2011 - 2021
Chart 52 - Change in SFR's mobile revenue (under Altice) - 2014 - 2020
Chart 53 - Development of SFR's subscriber base by type - 2011 - 2020
Chart 54 - Growth in Free Mobile's mobile subscriber base - 2012 - 2021
Chart 55 - Growth in Free Mobile's mobile revenue - 2012 - 2021
Chart 56 - Growth in Bouygues Telecom's mobile subscriber base - 2011 - 2021
Chart 57 - Decline in Bouygues Telecom's mobile ARPU - 2011 - 2021
Chart 58 - Development of Bouygues Telecom's financial data by type - 2011 - 2021
Chart 59 - Increase in the number of MNO and MVNO subscribers (metropolitan) - 2011 - 2021
Chart 60 - Change in MVNO market share of subscribers (metropolitan) - 2011 - 2021
Chart 61 - Change in the number of broadband subscribers by platform - 2011 - 2020
Chart 62 - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
Chart 63 - Growth in the number of broadband connections by data rate - 2011 - 2020
Chart 64 - Increase in the number of superfast broadband connections (>100Mb/s) by platform - 2011 - 2020
Chart 65 - Change in broadband penetration by technology - 2011 - 2020
Chart 66 - Development of fixed and mobile broadband investment (€ billion) - 2015 - 2019
Chart 67 - Change in the number of superfast cable broadband subscriptions - 2011 - 2020
Chart 68 - Decline in the number of DSL subscribers - 2011 - 2020
Chart 69 - Drop in the number of Orange's DSL subscriptions - 2010 - 2021
Chart 70 - Development of Free's broadband revenue - 2010 - 2021
Chart 71 - Growth in the number of Free's broadband subscriber base - 2010 - 2021
Chart 72 - Development of Free's broadband subscriber ARPU - 2011 - 2021
Chart 73 - Increase in the number of FttP passed buildings - 2011 - 2020
Chart 74 - Increase in the number of FttP subscribers - 2011 - 2020
Chart 75 - Increase in the number of Orange's fibre subscribers and connected premises- 2011 - 2021
Chart 76 - Increase in the number of Free's fibre subscribers - 2015 - 2021
Chart 77 - Growth in the number of SFR's broadband subscriber base, by type - 2013 - 2020
Chart 78 - Increase in the number of SFR broadband homes passed - 2009 - 2020
Chart 79 - Increase in the number of Bouygues Telecom's broadband and fibre subscribers - 2011 - 2021
Chart 80 - Change in the number of Orange's customers by sector (France) - 2011 - 2021
Chart 81 - Drop in the number of Orange's retail voice lines - 2011 - 2021
Chart 82 - Development of Orange Group's financial data by sector - 2011 - 2021
Chart 83 - Decline in Orange's domestic revenue - 2011 - 2021
Chart 84 - Change in the number of Orange's retail and wholesale lines - 2011 - 2021
Chart 85 - Growth in the number of Altice France's subscribers by type - 2009 - 2020
Chart 86 - Development of Altice France's financial data (€ billion) - 2009 - 2020
Chart 87 - Development of Altice France's revenue (€ billion) by type - 2014 - 2020
Chart 88 - Development of Free's revenue (€ billion) by segment - 2011 - 2021
Chart 89 - Increase in the number of Free's subscribers by sector - 2011 - 2021
Chart 90 - Change in the number of Bouygues Telecom's subscribers by sector - 2011 - 2021
Chart 91 - Development of Bouygues Telecom's financial data - 2009 - 2021
Chart 92 - Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service and teledensity - 2011 - 2026
Chart 93 - Change in the proportion of fixed lines by technology - 2011 - 2020

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 - Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 - Access and the local loop
Exhibit 3 - 3G licensees
Exhibit 4 - Reassigned multi-spectrum holdings (900MHz) - 2021 - 2025
Exhibit 5 - Operating MVNOs and network provider
Exhibit 6 - Principal FttP and FttC (FttLA) deployments
Exhibit 7 - 2Africa submarine cable
Exhibit 8 - 2Africa landing stations

France - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Description

Table of Contents

List of Tables

France's MNOs extend 5G services following 3.5GHz auction

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Table of Contents

Key statistics

Regional European Market Comparison

Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed-line broadband market

Fixed network operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Appendix - Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

List of Tables

List of Charts

List of Exhibits