37% of France's ADSL subscribers have TV-over-DSL

Monday, May 4th, 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 fourth quarter 2008.

According to the survey, at the end of the period there were 16.8 million DSL subscribers in France, with 36.9% of those (6.2 million) also subscribing to TV-over-DSL.

ADSL subscribers (thousands):

                                                                      Variation
                              4Q2007  1Q2008  2Q2008  3Q2008  4Q2008  4Q08/4Q07
                              ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ---------
Total                         14,805  15,484  15,872  16,323  16,804      13.5%
  Number with TV-over-ADSL     4,534   4,920   5,167   5,643   6,200      36.8%
  %age with TV-over-ADSL       30.6%   31.8%   32.6%   34.6%   36.9%          -

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