44% of France’s ADSL subscribers have TV-over-DSL

(Le marché des services de communications électroniques en France au 2ème trimestre 2009)

ARCEP (L’Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes), France’s telecommunications and postal services regulator, has published its latest market survey covering the period up to the end of the second quarter 2009.

According to the survey, at the end of the period there were 17.6 million DSL subscribers in France, with 44% of those (7.7 million) also subscribing to TV-over-DSL.

ADSL subscribers (thousands):

                                                                      Variation
                              2Q2008  3Q2008  4Q2008  1Q2009  2Q2009  2Q09/2Q08
                              ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------
Total                         15,872  16,323  16,804  17,309  17,615      11.0%
  Number with TV-over-ADSL     5,167   5,643   6,200   7,194   7,673      48.5%
  %age with TV-over-ADSL       32.6%   34.6%   36.9%   41.6%   43.6%          -

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