2018 Study on France's Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Markets: Statistics & Analyses

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France Begins Closing Down PSTN Network

This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in France's telecommunications market. the report analyses the fixed-line, mobile and broadband sectors.

France has the third largest telecoms market in Europe, worth about 31 billion annually. the incumbent telco Orange Group is one of the world's major players with interests in markNoooets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Despite market liberalisation, the company still dominates all sectors through increasing competition from a number of major players (notably Altice and Iliad) has gradually eroded this lead, prompting it to respond with a range of innovative offers and wide-ranging strategies to meet future customer needs. It is also investing in a national fibre network, largely in response to the activities of smaller players.

The mobile sector is dominated by the four providers Orange, SFR Group, Bouygues Telecom and Free Mobile, complemented by an increasing number of MVNOs which together have a market share of around 11% of subscribers. the network operators have invested in network infrastructure and technologies in recent years. LTE-A providing data at above 300Mb/s has extensive coverage, while operators have undertaken 5G trials. the development of 5G has also been supported by the regulator which intends to auction spectrum for 5G use in early 2019 in anticipation of services coming into commercial use later in the year.

France has one of the largest broadband subscriber bases in Europe. Growth in recent years has been bolstered by demand for high bandwidth services, which has prompted considerable investment in fibre infrastructure among telcos and regional governments. This has been supported by regulatory measures which have promoted access to Orange's copper and fibre infrastructure for new entrants, as well as a national broadband program which involves an investment of more than 20 billion. Progress in deployment has been rapid, while the take-up rate among consumers has also increased substantially.

DSL still dominates the broadband market in terms of access lines, though the number of DSL lines is falling as customers are migrated to fibre infrastructure. Fibre deployments have grown substantially in recent years, with all of the major ISPs concentrating their investments in the platform with a view to promoting 1Gb/s services. by June 2018 there were almost four million fibre connections, and fibre accounted for half of all superfast broadband connections nationally.

Key Developments

• Orange stops promoting PSTN products;
• Bouygues Telecom sets up Objenious subsidiary dedicated to the Internet of Things;
• Orange sets up Orange Horizons subsidiary to exploit potential in new markets;
• Regulator institutes revised spectrum coverage obligations;
• Orange partners with Ericsson and Nokia to develop a path to 5G launches national LTE-M service;
• Regulator progresses with 2.6GHz and 3.5GHz spectrum use for 5G;
• Government proposes new measures to fill gaps in broadband availability;
• Altice increases the footprint of its 1Gb/s FttP service;
• The success of fibre co-investment deals among operators;
• Report update includes the regulator's market data updates to June 2018, operator data to Q3 2018, recent market developments.

Companies Featured

• Altice (SFR Group)
• Bouygues Telecom
• Iliad (Free, Free Mobile)
• Numricable
• Omea Telecom
• Orange
• Virgin Mobile

Topics Covered

1. Key statistics
1.1 Country overview

2. Telecommunications market
2.1 Market analysis

3. Regulatory environment
3.1 History
3.2 National legal framework
3.3 France NumErique 2012
3.4 Regulatory authority
3.4.1 Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARCEP)
3.5 Telecom sector liberalisation
3.5.1 Privatisation of Orange Group
3.5.2 Interconnect
3.5.3 Access
3.5.4 Number Portability (NP)
3.5.5 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)

4. Fixed network operators
4.1 Orange Group
4.1.1 Essentials 2020
4.2 Altice France
4.3 Free (Iliad)
4.4 Bouygues Telecom

5. Telecommunications infrastructure
5.1 National telecom network
5.2 International infrastructure
5.2.1 Submarine cable networks
5.2.2 Satellite networks
5.2.3 Cloud services
5.3 Smart infrastructure
5.3.1 Internet of Things (IoT)
5.3.2 Smart Cities

6. Broadband market
6.1 Introduction and statistical overview
6.1.1 Market analysis
6.1.2 Broadband statistics
6.1.3 Forecasts - broadband subscribers - 2019; 2021; 2023
6.1.4 Regulatory issues
6.2 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
6.3 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
6.4 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
6.4.1 Introduction
6.4.2 Statistics
6.4.3 Orange
6.4.4 Iliad (Free)
6.4.5 SFR Group
6.4.6 Bouygues Telecom
6.4.7 Municipal projects
6.4.8 Fibre network sharing
6.5 Other fixed broadband services
6.5.1 Broadband Powerline (BPL)
6.5.2 Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)

7. Mobile communications
7.1 Market analysis
7.2 Mobile statistics
7.2.1 General statistics
7.3 Mobile infrastructure
7.3.1 5G
7.3.2 4G (LTE)
7.3.3 3G
7.3.4 GSM
7.4 Machine-to-Machine (M2M)
7.5 Mobile voice
7.5.1 Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE)
7.6 Mobile data
7.6.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
7.6.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
7.7 Mobile broadband
7.8 Forecasts - mobile subscribers - 2019; 2021; 2023
7.9 Regulatory issues
7.9.1 Spectrum regulations and spectrum auctions
7.9.2 Network sharing
7.9.3 Mobile termination rates (MTRs)
7.9.4 Roaming
7.9.5 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
7.10 Major mobile operators
7.10.1 Orange
7.10.2 Altice France
7.10.3 Free Mobile
7.10.4 Bouygues Telecom
7.10.5 MVNOs
7.11 Mobile content and applications
7.11.1 m-payments
7.11.2 m-banking

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