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STAT France Germany HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 39.29 million
Ranked 7th.
50.7 million
Ranked 4th. 29% more than France

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 598.05
Ranked 10th.
619.12
Ranked 6th. 4% more than France

Landlines 36.43 million
Ranked 7th.
48.7 million
Ranked 3rd. 34% more than France
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 61.45
Ranked 4th. 2% more than Germany
60.51
Ranked 7th.

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port 3 days
Ranked 19th.
6 days
Ranked 8th. Twice as much as France
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2003.06.30 2002.11.01
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price Free EUR 25
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 52.2%
Ranked 27th. 27% more than Germany
41%
Ranked 40th.
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 72.18 million
Ranked 19th.
107 million
Ranked 11th. 48% more than France
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 34.23 million
Ranked 10th. 3% more than Germany
33.34 million
Ranked 11th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 519.07
Ranked 27th. 26% more than Germany
410.81
Ranked 39th.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 62.28 million
Ranked 22nd.
92.4 million
Ranked 16th. 48% more than France

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 947.99
Ranked 116th.
1,128.35
Ranked 77th. 19% more than France

Telephone greetings, owner answers phone Allô? using family name, often with first name

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (Europe); Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Greeting (Telephone greetings)

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