High iPhone Sales in France during Christmas Period

Despite the current economic slow down, Orange (French iPhone carrier) successfully sold the iPhone during the Christmas period, with 200,000 units shipped in December. After having lost its exclusive right on the iPhone in France, Orange is actively promoting the iPhone with new subscription plans, cheaper and/or with free functions such as unlimited SMS to all carriers.
In the meantime, the 2 other carriers who got the right to offer the iPhone in France, Bouygues and SFR, did not release their associated subscription plans yet. Either, Apple is not willing to follow the legal decision as smoothly as expected, and it might cost a lot to the company if the council considers it as such; or both carriers are facing technical issues for deploying the iPhone on their network. The latest is relatively unlikely as SFR announced to have already thousands of SIM-unlocked iPhone used on its network, and even launched subscription plans for such users ("Illimythics").