France Telecom

Synopsis

Archived report: this report was archived in July 2007 and has not been updated since. The report describes France Telecom’s major activities, including fixed network services, mobile and UMTS services, data and Internet, broadcasting services, French and international businesses. It covers the role of major subsidiaries Orange, Wanadoo, Equant and GlobeCast in the France Telecom organisation, as well as the latest company financial results. The report includes important financial statistics and useful operational figures for the major operations in 2005. It also provides information on developments in 2005 and early 2006, including its NeXT program, and the government’s sale of a 6.2% holding in the company.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
  • 2.1 Year 2005 results
    • 2.1.1 Financial highlights
    • 2.1.2 Operating
    • 2.1.3 Acquisitions
    • 2.1.4 Disposals
    • 2.1.5 Regulatory commitments
    • 2.1.6 First quarter 2006
• 3. Company analysis
  • 3.1 Financial recovery
  • 3.2 Urgent need for new vision and strategies
  • 3.3 Ambitious FT 2005 PLAN
  • 3.4 NExT
  • 3.5 Rebranding
• 4. Operations
  • 4.1 Fixed Line, Distribution, Networks, Large Customers and Operators
  • 4.2 Global voice, data – Equant
  • 4.3 Mobile – Orange
    • 4.3.1 3G licences
  • 4.4 Internet – Wanadoo
  • 4.5 TP Group
  • 4.6 Broadcasting - GlobeCast
• 5. Networks
  • 5.1 Local networks
  • 5.2 International networks
  • 5.3 Satellites
• 6. Contact details
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – France Telecom net debt and EBITDA (€billion) –2002-2005
• Table 2 – France Telecom revenue – 1996 - 2005
• Table 3 – Revenue by segment – 2005
• Table 4 – Enterprise revenue – 2004 - 2005
• Table 5 – Group income – 2004- 2005
• Table 6 – Operating statistics – 2000 – 2005
• Table 7 – France broadband, VoIP, LLU statistics – 2004 - 2005
• Table 8 – France broadband, VoIP, LLU statistics – 2004 - 2005
• Table 9 – Voice market share (PSTN) – 2004 - 2005
• Table 10 – Customer base - ROW– 2004 - 2005
• Table 11 – Revenue - ROW– 2004 - 2005
• Table 12 –Revenue by sector - Q1 2006
• Table 13 –Subscribers by sector - France - Q1 2006
• Table 14 –Subscribers by sector - Europe (excl. France) - Q1 2006
• Table 15 –Subscribers by sector - World (excl. Europe) - Q1 2006
• Table 16 –Total subscribers by region - Q1 2006
• Table 17 – Subsidiaries – 2005
• Table 18 –Fixed-line subscribers by country; annual change - Q1 2006
• Table 19 – Orange France statistics – 2004 - 2005
• Table 20 – Orange UK statistics – 2004 - 2005
• Table 21 – Mobile statistics - Poland, Spain, ROW - 2004 - 2005
• Table 22 – Broadband subscribers (thousands) – 2003 - 2005
• Table 23 –Internet subscribers by country; annual change - Q1 2006
• Table 24 – Unbundled lines (thousands) – 2003 - 2005

• Exhibit 1 – France Telecom at a glance - 2005
• Exhibit 2 – UMTS licences – July 2005