(1) Wireless: a customer is any holder of a SIM card or prepaid card (having made at least one call, before the contractual date after which he/she may not receive calls) registered in the operator's Home Location Register (HLR). (2) The penetration rate is obtained by dividing the total number of wireless customers or total number of "active" customers by the French population, which is 60323400 (60185800 according to the July 1999 INSEE census, 131300 for Mayotte according to the 1997 INSEE census and 6300 for Saint Pierre et Miquelon). (3) Net growth figures refer to either the total number of customers, the total number of flat-rate customers or the total number of active customers. (4) The total number of active customers refers to the total number of customers having subscribed to a flat-rate offer and active prepaid customers. Active prepaid customers are those having made or received a call within the past three months. Only telephone calls are considered, whether free or paid. SMS are not included in this calculation. (5) The penetration rate is obtained by dividing the total number of customers or "active" wireless customers by the population of Metropolitan France, which is 58518400 according to the July 1999 INSEE census.
(1) Wireless: a customer is any holder of a SIM card or prepaid card (having made at least one call, before the contractual date after which he/she may not receive calls) registered in the operator's Home Location Register (HLR). (4) The total number of active customers refers to the total number of customers having subscribed to a flat-rate offer and active prepaid customers. Active prepaid customers are those having made or received a call within the past three months. Only telephone calls are considered, whether free or paid. SMS are not included in this calculation.
(6) Quarterly SMS traffic ("Short Message Service") refers to all SMS sent (outgoing SMS) for the quarter by any wireless customer (cf. (1)).
(7) Monthly SMS traffic per average active customer refers to the quarterly SMS traffic divided by 3, divided by the average number of active customers ((number of active customers at the end of the previous quarter + number of active customers at the end of the quarter being considered)/2)
(1) Wireless: a customer is any holder of a SIM card or prepaid card (having made at least one call, before the contractual date after which he/she may not receive calls) registered in the operator's Home Location Register (HLR).
(3) Net growth figures refer to either the total number of customers, the total number of flat-rate customers or the total number of active customers.
(4) The total number of active customers refers to the total number of customers having subscribed to a flat-rate offer and active prepaid customers. Active prepaid customers are those having made or received a call within the past three months. Only telephone calls are considered, whether free or paid. SMS are not included in this calculation.
(14) The penetration rate is obtained by dividing the total number of customers or number of "active" wireless customers by the total population of the Overseas Départements (DOM) (1667400 according to the July 1999 INSEE census), Mayotte (131300 according to the 1997 INSEE census) and Saint Pierre et Miquelon (6300 according to the INSEE census) which is 1805000.
(1) Wireless: a customer is any holder of a SIM card or prepaid card (having made at least one call, before the contractual date after which he/she may not receive calls) registered in the operator's Home Location Register (HLR). (8) Orange Caraïbe, subsidiary of Orange France. (9) Orange Réunion, subsidiary of Orange France. (10) Société Réunionnaise du Radiotéléphone, subsidiary of SFR. (11) Bouygues Télécom Caraïbe, subsidiary of Bouygues Télécom. (12) Mayotte Télécom Mobile is the trademark in Mayotte of SRR's services. (13) SAS SPM, subsidiary of Orange Caraïbes.
(4) The total number of active customers refers to the total number of customers having subscribed to a flat-rate offer and active prepaid customers. Active prepaid customers are those having made or received a call within the past three months. Only telephone calls are considered, whether free or paid. SMS are not included in this calculation.
(8) Orange Caraïbe, subsidiary of Orange France.
(9) Orange Réunion, subsidiary of Orange France.
(10) Société Réunionnaise du Radiotéléphone, subsidiary of SFR.
(11) Bouygues Télécom Caraïbe, subsidiary of Bouygues Télécom.
(12) Mayotte Télécom Mobile is the trademark in Mayotte of SRR's services.
(13) SAS SPM, subsidiary of Orange Caraïbes.