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France - Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses

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  • 64 Pages
  • May 2020
  • Region: France
  • Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
  • ID: 1838693
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.

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. There efforts have been encouraged by the regulator which is keen to see effective competition in fibre access. By the beginning of 2020 there were almost 7.1 million fibre connections, and fibre accounted for 62% of all superfast broadband connections nationally.

Although the cable footprint only reaches about 40% of the population, the dominant cableco Altice has upgraded its network to compete with DSL and has itself entered the DSL and fibre markets. Altice intends to provide national fibre coverage by 2025.

This report assesses France's fixed broadband market, focussing on cable, DSL and the fast-developing FttP/C sectors. It reviews the strategies of the principal providers such as Orange, Iliad and Altice (SFR Group), and considers the regulatory status of LLU and access to fibre infrastructure.

Key Developments:
  • Government proposes new measures to fill gaps in broadband availability;
  • Bouygues Telecom and Cellnex form JV to build a nationwide fibre network;
  • Altice increases footprint of its 1Gb/s FttP service;
  • DSL subscriber base continues to fall;
  • Success of fibre co-investment deals among operators;

This report update includes the regulators market data to December 2019, operator data to Q1 2020, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Orange, Iliad (Free), Altice (SFR Group), Bouygues Telecom

Table of Contents

1 Introduction and statistical overview
1.1 Market analysis
1.2 Broadband statistics
1.3 Regulatory issues
2 Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks3 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
4 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Statistics
4.3 Orange
4.4 Iliad (Free)
4.5 SFR Group
4.6 Bouygues Telecom
4.7 SNCF
4.8 Municipal projects
4.9 Fibre network sharing
5 Other fixed broadband services
5.1 Broadband Powerline (BPL)
5.2 Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)
6 Appendix Historic data7 Related reports
List of Tables
Table 1 Change in the number of broadband subscribers by platform 2009 2019
Table 2 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2010 2025
Table 3 Growth in the number of broadband connections by data rate 2011 2019
Table 4 Increase in the number of superfast broadband connections (>100Mb/s) by platform 2011 2019
Table 5 Change in broadband penetration by technology 2007 2019
Table 6 Change in the number of superfast cable broadband subscriptions 2011 2019
Table 7 Decline in the number of DSL subscribers 2009 2019
Table 8 Drop in the number of Orange's DSL subscriptions 2010 2020
Table 9 Development of Free's broadband revenue 2010 2020
Table 10 Growth in the number of Free's broadband subscriber base 2010 2020
Table 11 Development of Free's broadband subscriber ARPU 2013 2020
Table 12 Increase in the number of FttP equipped and passed buildings 2008 2019
Table 13 Increase in the number of FttP subscribers 2009 2019
Table 14 Increase in the number of Orange's fibre subscribers and connected premises 2010 2020
Table 15 Increase in the number of Free's fibre subscribers 2015 2020
Table 16 Growth in the number of SFR's broadband subscriber base, by type 2013 2019
Table 17 Increase in the number of SFR broadband homes passed 2009 2019
Table 18 Increase in the number of Bouygues Telecom's broadband and fibre subscribers 2010 2020
Table 19 FttP subscriptions via shared networks 2015 2019
Table 20 Historic - Dial-up internet subscribers 2005 2015
Table 21 Historic - Internet users and penetration rate 1995 2015
Table 22 Historic - Dial-up internet traffic 2004 2014
Table 23 Historic - Cable broadband subscribers 2000 2017
Table 24 Historic - DSL subscribers 2000 2009
Table 25 Historic - Broadband subscribers by platform 2000 2009
Table 26 Historic - Proportion of premises covered by superfast broadband networks 2012 2017
Table 27 Historic - Orange DSL subscriptions 2005 2009
Table 28 Historic - Free broadband revenue 2006 2009
Table 29 Historic - Free broadband subscribers 2005 2009
Table 30 Historic - Orange fibre subscribers and connected premises 2006 2009
List of Charts
Chart 1 Change in the number of broadband subscribers by platform 2009 2019
Chart 2 Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration 2010 2025
Chart 3 Growth in the number of broadband connections by data rate 2011 2019
Chart 4 Increase in the number of superfast broadband connections (>100Mb/s) by platform 2011 2019
Chart 5 Change in broadband penetration by technology 2007 2019
Chart 6 Change in the number of superfast cable broadband subscriptions 2011 2019
Chart 7 Decline in the number of DSL subscribers 2009 2019
Chart 8 Drop in the number of Orange's DSL subscriptions 2005 2020
Chart 9 Development of Free's broadband revenue 2010 2020
Chart 10 Growth in the number of Free's broadband subscriber base 2010 2020
Chart 11 Development of Free's broadband subscriber ARPU 2013 2020
Chart 12 Increase in the number of FttP equipped and passed buildings 2008 2019
Chart 13 Increase in the number of FttP subscribers 2009 2019
Chart 14 Increase in the number of Orange's fibre subscribers and connected premises 2010 2020
Chart 15 Increase in the number of Free's fibre subscribers 2015 2020
Chart 16 Growth in the number of SFR's broadband subscriber base, by type 2013 2019
Chart 17 Increase in the number of SFR broadband homes passed 2009 2019
Chart 18 Increase in the number of Bouygues Telecom's broadband and fibre subscribers 2010 2020
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 Principal FttP and FttC (FttLA) deployments

Companies Mentioned

  • Orange
  • Iliad (Free)
  • Altice (SFR Group)
  • Bouygues Telecom