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France Telecommunications Report Q3 2009Product Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: Business Monitor International Published: July 2009 Product Code: R302-7095 Description France’s fixed-line market has begun its irreversible decline with the rate of decline in 2008 on a par withthe decrease seen in 2007. As subscribers increasingly choose wireless connections over wireline, there islittle good news for operators in the market. The main focus now for companies in the wireline market ison broadband services which saw good growth in 2008.Other than the popularity of mobile services, fixed-line subscriptions are falling as an increasing numberof fixed voice users choose VoIP over a fixed-line service. As naked DSL is increasingly available andoperators are keen to offer all services over a single platform, there is a drive from operators to sign upsubscribers to use VoIP services with considerable discounts in place. However, this is affectingtraditional fixed-line revenues which remain a significant proportion of total revenues for operators in themarket. As the incumbent, France Telecom is inevitably affected most by the decline, with strong lossesreported in 2008 and further decreases set for the future. As there is little prospect of growth for fixed-line services, operators have turned their focus to ensuringfaster broadband services are available. France Telecom has rolled out fibre-optic networks in severalcities, as have SFR, Iliad and Numéricāble, providing real competition for very high-speed services.This is helping to drive growth in the broadband market and BMI’s forecasts are for strong increases inbroadband subscriptions over the next five years. Operators are offering download speeds up to 100Mbpsand high-definition IPTV services over a single connection as well as a VoIP connection. This is boostingsubscriptions as operators expand the reaches of their networks. However, the coverage of these fibre-optic networks remains centred around France’s major cities withseveral already taking place in Paris. Reaching smaller, more rural areas will be a challenge for operatorsand unlikely to take place before they can see a real return on their current fibre-optic deployments. Abreakdown of deployments by operator is included in our Internet chapter which, like the fixed-linesection, has been extended to take in new data including broadband ARPUs from France Telecom andIliad. As mentioned in our previous report, the focus for Q309 is on the fixed-line and broadband markets,leaving our mobile section untouched. However, we have updated our mobile operator databases andupgraded our forecasts to take into account Orange’s loss of subscribers in the first quarter of 2009. Table of Contents
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