French online market
In 2005, what does the French Online population market look like compared to Europe or the USA ? how looks like the French online population compared to Europe or to USA ? Is Internet becoming a real communication medium in France? What are the main political influences and directions for the French online market?
In 2005, French people have finally "abandoned" their 'Minitel' fantasy, a similar service to the Internet that has been launched by French researchers years before the Internet …. an invention raising obvious National French pride. The French web user's population curve is now looking more and more like its age pyramid. In 2004, the French Market has an 70% increase in fast connection equipment, the third most important growth in Europe behind Italy and the UK. In less than five years, fast Internet connection has taken over the whole country with more than 10,5 millions users already1 and is skyrocketing French web users as one of the longer connected countries in the world according to monthly time spend online2 (2nd in the world just behind Hong-Congers).
1 Mediametrie
2 Nielsen Net ratings Europe www.nielsen-netratings.com
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