France - FT residential revenues slip as ADSL customers soar.

(From Telecompaper Europe)

France Telecom's home communication services had a revenue down 1.3 percent to 8.71 billion in the first half of 2006 compared to 8.83 billion in the year-earlier period. This includes consumer services down 2.5 percent to EUR 4.72 billion, networks and operators up 1.1 percent to EUR 2.77 billion and other revenues down 1.9 percent to EUR 1.22 billion. The fall in consumer service revenues is attributed to lower prices for phone calls, especially to mobile phones, and to a downward trend in the switched …