France by the Numbers
Top 10 Web destinations (monthly unique visitors): 1. Wanadoo 1,119,000 2. Yahoo! 877,000 3. Microsoft 705,000 4. AOL 623,000 5. MultiMania 593,000
Figures for January 2000. Source: MMXI Europe
Business-to-consumer ecommerce sales (US$ million): 1997 23.4 1998 58.4 1999 189.4 2000 555.0 (projected)
Source: Benchmark Group
Top five venture capital firms by amount invested: 1. 3i France $24.8 million 2. Apax Partners $19.9 million 3. Innovacom $17.7 million 4. Galiléo $13.7 million 5. Sofinnova $12.0 million
Last six months of 1999. Source: Chausson Finance.
Population: France 58.5 million Paris (metro) 11.0 million
Total number of households: France 23.8 million Paris (metro) 4.5 million
Source: French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 1999 census
Percent with personal computers: France 21.1 Paris (metro) 32.6
Percent with Internet access: France 4.7 Paris (metro) 8.9
Figures for Q3 1999. Source: Médiamétrie
Number of mobile phones: 22,201,000
February 2000. Source: French Telecommunications Regulations Authority
Cost of Net access in Paris: Cable Cybercable (512 Kbps): $57 a month + $73 modem deposit + $73 installation
France Telecom ADSL – Netissimo 1 (500 Kbps): $39 a month + $6.57 a month modem rental + $113 installation – Netissimo 2 (1 Mbps): $102 a month (plus tax) + $144 installation
Dialup There are many free ISPs, among them Free, LibertySurf, and Lokace Online. France Telecom's Forfait Libre @ccès plan costs $14.61 a month for 20 hours of ISP calls.
Source: Virtual European Office; France Telecom; free ISP Web sites
Where the French log on (some log on in more than one place): Work 2.7 million Home 2.3 million Elsewhere 1.9 million
Number of people in France who logged on to the Net at least once in the last year: 5.4 million
Number of people in France who logged on to the Net at least once in the last month: 4.0 million
Figures for Q4 1999. Source: Médiamétrie
Estimated average office rents in Paris and suburbs, per square foot per year: Paris, 2e arrondissement (Bourse/Sentier) $21.86 Paris, 3e arrondissement (Sentier/République) $23.87 Paris, 9e arrondissement (Bourse) $30.11 Levallois-Perret: $26.61 Boulogne $23.98
Source: DTZ Jean Thouard All currency conversions as of April 6
Nouveau Marché IPOs January-March 2000
| IPO Date| Company| Type of Business| IPO Price (euro)| 1 Week Later
| 1/21 | Artprice.com | Art-market database | 19.06 | 50.00
| 1/26 | NetValue | Net market research | 22.00 | 72.50
| 3/08 | MultiMania | Portal | 36.00 | 77.00
| 3/16 | Self Trade | Online trading | 12.50 | 13.49
| 3/21 | Fimatex | Online trading | 15.70 | 24.50
| 3/27 | Himalaya | Web consulting | 28.00 | 26.10
1 euro = US$0.96. Source: www.nouveau-marche.fr; www.djinteractive.com
