According to managing director Pierre Bardon, SFR is currently testing its GPRS service, and expects to launch it commercially early next year. Data services should make up 25% of the company’s revenue by 2005, partly driven by the launch of 3G services in 2003. France is on target for its GPRS takeup target and expects the market to see continued domestic growth over the next twelve months.
SFR outlines future domestic growth
French mobile network SFR, majority owned by Vivendi, expects to see a 25% subscriber growth this year and expects that 67% of the French population will be using a cell phone by the end of next year. Currently 57.6% of the French population owns a mobile phone.