When thinking of France, one thinks of wine, cheese, Paris, attitude?. VoIP would certainly not come to mind but think again will you?
France is poised to become one of the hottest market for VoIP origination and transport of the G8 countries as its customers, fed-up with incumbant France Telecom, adopt en-masse alternative carriers like Free. Free who is by far the most aggressive ADSL and triple-play provider in France has now included free calls to 14 countries into its 30 Euro monthly subscription which includes IPTV, ADSL 2+ (up to 24Mbps) and obviously VoIP.
The 14 countries are Germany, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Spain, USA, Ireland, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, the UK and Singapore. In essence, Free has released most of the countries which trade circa or below the 1 US cents wholesale.
James has some interesting stats about the French VoIP adoption which he got from here:
18% of the population over 12 has no fixed line phone
7% of the population over 12 uses voice over DSL (via Freebox, Livebox, or other access-provider based product)
4% of the population over 12 uses Skype or another IM client capable of voice.
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