France Handset Vendor Marketshare by Operator: Q4 2012

The French mobile phone market declined -6% year-on-year in Q4 2012. This followed flat growth in the prior three quarters of 2012, as the country struggled against macroeconomic headwinds created by the on-going sovereign debt crisis affecting the whole of Europe, which culminated in France having its debt downgraded in November 2012. This report tracks handset vendor market share at the four major French operators -- Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Free Mobile -- from Q1 2009 to Q4 2012. The report is an important tool for measuring the health of individual handset brands at the operator level.