Annual series of French telephony
Nine key indicators from the ARCEP Observatory, traced year by year.
millions of units · 2024
Number of SMS sent in France
The rise then decline of SMS, in the face of the surge in messaging apps.
millions of units · 2024
Number of active mobile SIM cards
The French mobile base, excluding machine-to-machine cards.
millions of minutes · 2024
Voice minutes originating from mobiles
The volume of voice calls made from mobile lines.
exabytes · 2024
Volume of mobile data consumed
The explosion of mobile data, in exabytes.
millions of units · 2024
Broadband and superfast broadband internet subscriptions
The shift to fibre and fixed superfast broadband.
millions of units · 2024
Internet subscriptions (all speeds)
All fixed internet access, from low to superfast broadband.
millions of units · 2024
Fixed telephony subscriptions
The slow decline of the traditional landline.
millions of minutes · 2024
Voice minutes originating from landlines
The decline of calls made from a landline.
millions of units · 2024
Fixed numbers kept (portability)
The number of fixed numbers kept when switching carrier.
Source: Observatoire ARCEP. Open Licence / Etalab 2.0. Updated: 30 July 2026.
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