La Poste to launch ADSL, quad-play in second half

The French postal service, La Poste, plans to launch ADSL services in the second half of 2012 using customer premises equipment from its partner in MVNO La Poste Mobile, SFR. The two chief executives, Thierry and Marc Zemmour, told Le Figaro that La Poste will sell triple- and quad-play services at competitive rates as it enters an already busy marketplace. In June, Thierry Zemour had said that La Poste would launch ADSL in 2012, without further precision. Launched last spring, La Poste Mobile has been successful beyond expectations, they said, having recruited over 250,000 customers in six months, plus another 250,000 from Debitel. Half of subscription are for SMS and mobile web plans. La Poste aims to have 2 million telecom customers by 2015.