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National market :
At 31 March 2003, there were 38.9 million wireless services customers in France, of which 21.9 million subscribed to a flat-rate offer. The number of wireless customers increased by 1.6 million over one year, between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003 (for net annual growth of 4.3%). The total number of customers increased by 310000 between 31 December 2002 and 31 March 2003 (for net growth of 0.8% over the previous quarter).
Orange, SFR and Bouygues Telecom's market share was 49.4%, 35.3% and 15.3% respectively. The penetration rate reached 64.5% at 31 March 2003. The active penetration rate was 63.4% at the same date.
Metropolitan France :
The total penetration rate at 31 March 2003 was 64.3%.
At 31 March 2003, total active customers in Metropolitan France represented 98.6% of all customers. Counting only active customers, the "active" penetration rate in Metropolitan France was 63.4% (compared with 63.0% at 31 December 2002).
Net growth of active customers was 0.7% between 31 December 2002 and 31 March 2003 and represents 242400 new active subscribers.
Net growth of total customers for the first quarter 2003 was 0.8%.
Total outgoing SMS traffic for the first quarter 2003 was 1.904 billion, representing an average of 17.2 SMS sent per active customer for the period.
Overseas Départements (DOM) and Mayotte :
The penetration rate for the Overseas Départements (DOM) and Mayotte at 31 March 2003 was 70.0%.
At 31 March 2003, total active customers represented 93.0% of total customers. Counting only active customers, the "active" penetration rate in the DOM and Mayotte was 65.0%.
There were 1258200 wireless customers in the DOM and Mayotte, with net quarterly growth of 1.3%, representing 15900 new customers. The share of customers subscribing to a flat-rate offer was 41.1% at 31 March 2003.