registration document France Telecom 2009 - Orange.com

analysis of the financial position and earnings
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ANALYSIS OF FRANCE TELECOM S.A.’S FINANCIAL POSITION AND EARNINGS (FRENCH GAAP)
Other Fixed-Line Services
Revenues from other fi xed-line services were down 0.9%
compared with 2008. The growth in services relating to the
operation and maintenance of telecommunications networks
on behalf of France Telecom subsidiaries and the growth in
customer assistance revenues almost entirely offset the fall in
public phone and fi xed telephony equipment (sales and rentals).
Other Revenues
Sales of Mobile Equipment
The 4.6% decrease in revenues from sales of mobile equipment
stemmed from the impact of promotions and the decline in
Mobicarte refi ll sales.
Various Other Revenues
The various other revenues line was down 1.2% compared with
2008, refl ecting change in services provided by France Telecom
S.A. to France Telecom Group subsidiaries, particularly retail
commissions.
Operating Indicators
All the fi gures in the table below are in thousands.
Cumulative as of end- December
2009 actual 2008 actual
Subscriber fixed telephone lines
Total number of telephone lines managed by FT S.A. 34,750 34,593
o/w
Number of Consumer telephone lines 20,626 21,790
Number of Business telephone lines 5,145 5,461
Internet and ADSL multi-services
Number of Orange ADSL broadband subscribers 8,880 8,326
Number of subscribers to multi-service offers
Number of leased Liveboxes 7,347 6,544
Number of “Voice over IP” services subscribers 6,816 5,774
Number of ADSL TV offers subscribers 2,761 1,909
Business services
Number of permanent data network access points managed in France 335 327
o/w
Number of IP-VPN accesses 273 270
Number of Business Everywhere mobile services users in France 750 683
Services to Operators
Number of unbundled telephone lines 7,723 6,332
Partial unbundling 1,309 1,393
Total unbundling 6,414 4,939
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Other Operating Income
Other operating income was down 11.0% year-on-year. This
was mainly due to the reduction in capitalized costs stemming
from the downward trend in expenditure on plant, property and
equipment, and intangible assets.
Operating Expenses
Consumption of goods and merchandise fell by 7.2% from
(3,000) million euros in 2008 to (2,785) million euros in 2009. This
reduction was attributable chiefl y to the decline in purchases of
goods stemming from reduced expenditure on plant, property
and equipment, and intangible assets.
Other external purchases and expenses were stable at
(7,150) million euros in 2009, compared with (7,233) million
euros in 2008. This was attributable primarily to slight reductions
in overheads (particularly commissions and fees) and interoperator
costs.
Taxes other than income tax increased by 13.6%, or by
118 million euros, due mainly to the application of a tax on
services provided by electronic communications operators in
France (a broadcasting tax of 0.9% of taxable revenues).
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