France - Mobile Market - Mobile Data Services & Forecasts

Synopsis

The French mobile data market is one of the largest in Europe, being an increasingly important part of the overall market as consumers take up a variety of data services. Most investment from the three 3G network operators during the last two years has focussed on upgrading networks to provide HSPA and thus provide sufficient capacity to exploit consumer use of mobile data services. These numerous services have become more popular following the introduction of unlimited data offerings and the cheaper and more widespread availability of capable handsets. This report provides key statistics on the French mobile data market in 2010, including the growth of mobile data services such as SMS/MMS and mobile TV, and the status of network infrastructure such as HSPA and LTE. In the report we also provide an analysis on the major players and their strategies in an increasingly competitive market, as well as 3G and mobile TV forecasts to 2015.

1. Synopsis
2. Overview of France’s mobile data services market
3. Mobile technologies
- 3.1 Third Generation (3G) mobile
  - 3.1.1 Awards 2001
  - 3.1.2 Award 2010
- 3.2 Spectrum allocations
- 3.3 790-862MHz
- 3.4 900MHz
- 3.5 Network sharing
4. Mobile data services
- 4.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
  - 4.1.1 Premium SMS (PSMS)
- 4.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 4.3 General Packet Radio Services (GPRS)
- 4.4 High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
  - 4.4.1 Orange
  - 4.4.2 SFR
  - 4.4.3 Bouygues Telecom
- 4.5 High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)
- 4.6 Long-term evolution (LTE)
- 4.7 iPhone
- 4.8 Android
- 4.9 BlackBerry
- 4.10 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
- 4.11 i-mode
- 4.12 Vodafone live!
- 4.13 Application stores
- 4.14 Femtocells
- 4.15 Mobile TV
  - 4.15.1 Trials
  - 4.15.2 DVB-SH
  - 4.15.3 Licensing
  - 4.15.4 Orange
  - 4.15.5 SFR
  - 4.15.6 Canal+
5. Mobile content and applications
- 5.1 Location based services
- 5.2 PC convergence
- 5.3 Near Field Communication (NFC)
- 5.4 Mobile satellite services
6. Forecasts
- 6.1 Forecasts – UMTS subscribers – 2009 - 2015
- 6.2 Forecasts – Mobile TV subscribers – 2009 - 2015
- 6.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
7. Related reports

Table 1 – Data market revenue – 2002 - 2008
Table 2 – Annual SMS/MMS volume – 2000 - 2009
Table 3 – Mobile services revenues by sector – 2005 - 2008
Table 4 – Orange data revenue as % of total – 2005 - 2009
Table 5 - Active 3G subscribers and annual change – 2007 - 2008
Table 6 – SMS traffic volume (national) – 2004 - 2009
Table 7 – SMS user market growth – 2002 - 2009
Table 8 – Value added services revenue and volume (mobile networks) – 2003 - 2008
Table 9 – Mobile multimedia users and annual change (metropolitan) – 2004 - 2009
Table 10 – MMS messages sent – 2005 - 2008
Table 11 – Orange mobile broadband subscribers – 2004 - 2009
Table 12 – Orange mobile subscribers (France) – 2005 - 2009
Table 13 – Orange annualised voice and data ARPU – 2005 - 2009
Table 14 – Orange mobile consumer revenue – 2005 - 2009
Table 15 – SFR mobile data revenue (non-messaging) – 2007 - 2008
Table 16 - SFR subscribers – 2006 - 2008
Table 17 – Forecast UMTS subscriber growth – 2006 - 2015
Table 18 – Mobile TV subscribers – 2008 - 2015