Paris, 22 October 2001
Autorité de régulation des télécommunications (ART) published today the fifth edition of its quarterly survey of telecommunications operators. This Observatory presents the results of the first quarter 2001.
- The end client market
During the first quarter 2001, operators generated sales of €7.7 billion, representing 2.3% of France's GDP (compared with 2.1% the previous year). These figures are up 11.6% from the first quarter 2000 (27.8% in volume).
Mobile telephony—up by almost 4.7% from the previous quarter, and 25% over a year—now represents 30.6% of total sector sales, compared with 27.3% a year earlier.
(in millions of euros) | Q1 2000 | Q2 2000 | Q3 2000 | Q4 2000 | Q1 2001 | Variation Q1 2001 / Q4 2000 | Variation Q1 2001 / Q1 2000 |
Fixed telephony | 3 872 | 3 765 | 3 741 | 3 835 | 3 956 | +3.2% | +2.2% |
Internet access | 20 | 29 | 39 | 40 | 64 | +60.0% | +220.0% |
Mobile telephony | 1 877 | 1 983 | 2 133 | 2 241 | 2 347 | +4.7% | +25.0% |
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Telephony and Internet | 5 769 | 5 777 | 5 913 | 6 115 | 6 367 | +4.1% | +10.4% |
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Advanced services | 435 | 422 | 448 | 435 | 432 | -0.7% | -0.7% |
Leased links | 432 | 448 | 584 | 568 | 600 | +5.6% | +38.9% |
Data transport | 121 | 146 | 144 | 136 | 175 | +28.7% | +44.6% |
Information, directory sales and advertising | 105 | 115 | 78 | 100 | 87 | -13.0% | -17.1% |
Call centre hosting and management | 7 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 8 | -33.3% | +14.3% |
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Total market | 6 869 | 6 929 | 7 183 | 7 366 | 7 669 | +4.1% | +11.6% |
- The interconnection market
For the first quarter 2001, the intermediate operator market, i.e. the interconnection market, showed sales of €1.637 billion compared with €1.323 billion at the first quarter 2000, for an increase of 23.7%. This market grew 32.3% in volume during the same period.
- The fixed telephony market
- Subscriptions and access fees represented €1.377 billion (+7.6% year on year), for one third of the fixed telephony market.
- Sales for calls made from fixed lines (excluding access, subscription, cards and public telephones) represented €2.320 billion, for a 3.4% drop over one year.
- The inventory of fixed lines was 34.015 million lines compared with 33.877 million at the 1st quarter 2000; 5.104 million of fixed telephone subscribers used call-by-call carrier selection, while 2.866 million chose pre-selection.
- The Internet access market grew threefold, in volume, in one year.
- The number of call minutes from fixed telephones (including Internet) grew from 36.882 billion at Q1 2000 to 47.568 billion at Q1 2001, for a 28.9% increase.
- The mobile telephony market
- Sales for mobile services continued to grow: +25% year on year, reaching €2.319 billion at Q1 2001.
- The monthly bill for mobile subscribers was €25.40, down 10.6% over the previous year.
- Average monthly traffic volumes represent 115.6 minutes, down 9.1% in one year.
