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Free Shakes Up France Smartphone Market June 28, 2012 22:17 nmawston
The French mobile phone market grew by +10% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, which was an improvement on the previous quarter’s decline of -3%. Among the factors boosting the growth of the French handset market, in spite of the snowballing European sovereign debt crisis, were a surprisingly robust performance from Nokia and the arrival of a fourth mobile operator -- Free Mobile. This published report -- available to download by clients of our Country Share Tracker (CST) service -- tracks handset vendor marketshare at the four major French operators -- Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Free Mobile -- from Q1 2009 to Q1 2012. Is Free really bringing a "hurricane" of change to the France feature phone and smartphone market, as some claim? Share \| Login to add comments

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