2.9% INCREASE IN FRENCH TELECOMS MARKET IN LAST QUARTER OF 2004.

• Position: Brief Article

The French telecomms market was worth euro 9.4 billion in the last quarter of 2004, rising 2.9% in one year according to the figures published on May 17 by ART, the French telecoms regulatory authority. Revenues from mobile telephony increased by 8.3% to euro 3.7 billion, compensating in part for the loss in revenue (-4.9%) from the fixed telephony market, which continued falling during the last quarter of 2004 to euro 3.1 billion. Mobile telephony, alone representing 40% of the sector's revenue, is responsible for the market...