The common reference framework for digital uses
The aim of the Arcep - Arcom digital cluster's digital usage repository is to aggregate data from multiple sources and develop a global vision of different digital practices.
The Digital Cluster's aim is to cover the entire continuum of digital services, from the deployment of electronic communications networks, through terminal equipment, to various uses, particularly audiovisual.
The repository is structured according to the various digital layers:
- Coverage of the territory by access networks (fixed and mobile) and available bandwidths enable us to assess the Internet access possibilities available to users, for various digital uses;
- Households covered by these networks can take out contracts with Internet service providers (ISPs), and subscribe to a range of free or paid supplies for online access to content, particularly cultural content;
- Several terminals and connected equipment then enable them to consume this content, and, more generally, to access numerous free online services (audiovisual, social networks, messaging, e-commerce, etc.);
- Finally, consumers connect to the Internet more or less frequently to use these free services or those to which they have subscribed, in different ways from one terminal to another. These elements are presented crosswise according to equipment and content type.
2023 digital usage guidelines
Pôle numérique Arcep-Arcom: 2023 digital usage benchmark
This third edition of the benchmark highlights new themes such as the rollout of 5G networks, connected object equipment, the development of internet traffic to major ISPs, music livestreaming, the uses of online photo searches or blocking sites that unlawfully diffuse sports.
Repository of digital uses 2022
Pôle numérique Arcep-Arcom: Référentiel des usages numériques 2022
This second edition of the guidelines incorporates new themes, such as taking into account the environmental challenges of digital technology through smartphone equipment, or the use of parental control tools on the Internet.
2021 digital usage guidelines
Arcep - Arcom: Digital usage benchmark - Summary
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Arcep - Arcom: Digital usage repository
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Digital barometer
The digital practices of the French.
Every year, Arcep, the Conseil général de l'économie (CGE), the Agence du Numérique and Arcom publish the results of the "Digital Barometer", an annual survey conducted by Credoc (Centre de recherche pour l'étude et l'observation des conditions de vie) into the digital practices of the French.