Thursday, May 3, 2007

Free has 1.9 M TelcoTV Subscribers

Free, the competitive broadband carrier in France, now appears to have 1.9 million TelcoTV subscribers. It had 2.5 million broadband subscribers at the end of 1Q07. This translates to 1.9 million subscribers of receiving TelcoTV services. Its TelcoTV service requires an unbundled loop, which account for 75 percent of the total.

Free forecasts that it will have 2.8 million broadband subscribers at the end of 2007 and 4 million at the end of 2010. It also expects that its unbundling rate will grow from 75 percent at the end of 2006 to 80 percent at the end of 2007. This translates to 2.2 million TelcoTV subscribers at the end of 2007 and at least 3.2 million at the end of 2010.

Free's service continues to grow at a strong rate. It has been setting the pace in France and has set the standard for broadband offerings in that country. It is definitely a very important company to watch.

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