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France has 59.543 million subscribers in total, or a 95.5 % penetration rate (December 2009).
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in France is ARCEP.
| Rank |
Operator |
Technology |
Subscribers
(in millions) |
Ownership |
| Mobile Network Operators |
| 1 |
Orange
(Formerly Itineris) |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ |
25.287 (June 2009) |
France Télécom (100%) |
| 2 |
SFR |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS,HSPA, HSPA+ |
19.3 (January 2009) |
Vivendi (100%) |
| 3 |
Bouygues Télécom |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ |
9.594 (December 2008) |
Bouygues Group (89.5%) |
| 4 |
Free Mobile |
UMTS, HSPA
2G roaming on Orange |
2.6 |
Iliad |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators |
| 4 |
Virgin Mobile (using Orange) |
GSM
UMTS |
1.6 |
Virgin Group (50%), The Carphone Warehouse (50%) |
| 5 |
NRJ Mobile (using Orange) |
GSM
UMTS |
Not Yet Available |
Crédit Mutuel (90%), NRJ Group (10%) |
| 6 |
Carrefour Mobile
(using ...) |
GSM |
... |
Carrefour |
| 7 |
Leclerc Mobile
(using SFR) |
GSM |
... |
E.Leclerc |
| 8 |
TELE2 Mobile
(using Orange) |
GSM |
... |
TELE2 |
| 9 |
Simyo
(using Bouygues Télécom) |
GSM |
... |
KPN |
Source: Wikipedia
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