(Telecompaper) Orange France announced that it reached its goal of over 1 million 4G customers by the end of 2013. Orange said it covers around 50 percent of the population already, with over 5,100 LTE network sites. The company has also extended 4G service to customers of its low-cost brand Sosh from 09 January. Following Orange's statement, Reuters also contacted the other French operators. SFR and Bouygues Telecom said they had also each reached 1 million 4G customers. Free Mobile, which was the last to launch LTE in December, declined to provide figures.