Telecommunication in France

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 100.15 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, France ranked 25th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 83.52 Mbit/second (18th place).
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, France comes 27th with a download speed of 56.78 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 7 Mbit was only enough for 116th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in July 2022 from 182 countries.

The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.

Access to the Internet in France from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in France 1998 - 2020

France is doing very well in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 85% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 45% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the Internet via mobile communications.