This morning, ARCEP published the 2009 edition of the survey carried out every year on its behalf by CREDOC, concerning ICT take-up in French society.
Here are some of the main findings:
CONSUMPTION Three main findings: REVIVAL OF FIXED ACCESS - 48% of people in France ages 12 and up make calls using an IP box (+9% over last year). - 88% of people in France have a fixed phone line (it had dropped to 82% in 2005). => 12% of people in France have only a mobile and no fixed line, while 70% of people ages 12 and over now have both a fixed and mobile line. | ←Déplacez le curseur pour consulter le contenu du tableau→ The press conference | |
MOBILE
| ←Déplacez le curseur pour consulter le contenu du tableau→ Joëlle Toledano, member of ARCEP | |
TELEVISION - There is a growing number of means for accessing TV. => A minority (43%) of the population currently access TV over only one delivery medium. - 40% of people in France watch TV via DTT (digital terrestrial), 25% via ADSL, 26% via satellite and only 68% use the good old rooftop analogue antenna. - 4% of people in France watch TV on their mobile: a small percentage, although that does represent 1.6 million individuals, so it is a sign that “something is happening”. SOCIAL NETWORKING - 23% of people in France ages 12 and up are registered with a social network (Facebook, MySpace, Linked in). => 65% of them are between the ages of 18 and 24 and 1% are senior citizens. - 82% of the population feel that social networking sites should do more to protect their users’ privacy. | ←Déplacez le curseur pour consulter le contenu du tableau→ Denis Rapone, member of ARCEP | |
DOWNLOADING Downloading decreased significantly amongst 18 to 24-year olds between 2008 and 2009: from 59% to 53% for music downloads, and from 47% to 36% for films. There are several possible reasons for this: educational influence of discussions over the Creation and Internet Law? Deterrent effect of possible punishment? Growing availability of streaming? | ←Déplacez le curseur pour consulter le contenu du tableau→ From left to right: Joëlle Toledano (ARCEP), Pascal Faure (CGIET) and Denis Rapone (ARCEP) |
Linked documents
Presentation of the survey to the press, 11 December 2009 (pdf - 292KB): slides (pdf -)
Full survey for download (pdf - 1.51MB) (in French, 220 pages, 1,5 Mb)