• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Market SizeThe French market for business telecommunications equipment was worth €4.1 billion (US$3.2 billion) in 2003.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Market SectorsMobile phones were €3,812.4 million in 2003.
This represented 78.9% of the market and a 10.8% gain in market share from 2002
• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Share of MarketNokia is the clear leader in the French market for cellular and wireless communications systems with over 51% share of the total market in 2003.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Marketing ActivityFigures shown are for 2002 as adspend figures for 2003 were unavailable at the time of writing.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Corporate OverviewThe top three companies (Nokia, Siemens, and Sony Ericsson) control 70% of the market.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Motorola IncMotorola's turnover rose by 1.4% in 2003 to US$27.0 billion (£15.8 billion).
UK sales accounted for about 20% of the company’s turnover.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Ericsson GroupIn 2003, turnover declined by 18.4% to SEK117.7 billion (€12.9 billion).

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Siemens agSiemens AG reported turnover of €74.2 billion (US$59.3 billion) in 2003, a 10.4% decrease since 2002.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Nokia Corporation Turnover declined by 1.9% to €29.4 billion in 2003.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Samsung GroupSamsung’s turnover increased 7.6% in 2003 to 43.5 trillion Korean Won (€32 billion) from 40.5 trillion Korean Won in 2002.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: DistributionThe number of active mobile users increased by 8.5% to 40.9 million subscribers in 2003.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Consumer ProfileIn 2003, the number of PSTN lines in service decreased by 1.7% to 28.7 million lines.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Market ForecastsThe market is forecast to grow by 28% from €4.6 billion in 2004 to €6.3 billion the end of 2008.

• Cellular and Wireless Communications Systems: Sector ForecastsMobile phones will remain the largest sector of equipment spending by both network operators and consumers.