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million fixed lines in operation in France. As of the end of the second
quarter of 2010, 51 percent of fixed lines were hosting a VoIP service,
and around 35 percent hosted only a VoIP subscription. “Unlimited”
IP telephony offers are the main driver for this swift increase in IP
calling traffic.
In the second quarter of 2010, the IP-based calling accounted for
79 percent of international calling minutes and 59 percent of calls
to national fixed lines. Only 26 percent of fixed-to-mobile calling
minutes were over IP. e rate of growth for IP traffic reached an
additional 2.6 billion minutes in the second quarter of 2010.
ere were 17.8 million subscriptions to a VoIP service in use at
the end of the second qua ...