Numericable has begun to offer Netgear wireless modems to its customers. The French cablenet is providing customers with Netgear’s EuroDOCSIS 2.0 compliant Wireless Cable Voice Gateway (CVG834G) as part of a package that also includes 30 Mbps broadband internet, 200 video calls and unlimited voice calls.
Although the dominant cable operator in France – mergers and acquisitions have left it with a 99% share of the cable market – it still only reaches 40% of all homes or 9.5 million households. The introduction of video over ADSL has brought significant competition, particularly in metropolitan areas.