France Telecom gets Orange boost
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Strong growth in broadband connections and subscriptions to the Orange mobile network boosts profits at France Telecom.
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France will sell up to 12.1 percent of France Telecom in Europe&#39;s largest share placement in four years, bringing as much as 5.75 billion euros ($6.
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France Telecom SA said Wednesday that 2007 net profit rose 52 percent on better margins and lower taxes, with its mobile phone businesses fueling sales.
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Spanish broadband operator Jazztel said  on Monday it was in exclusive talks to offer mobile phone  services via France Telecom's Orange unit.
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Operator pipped to new business Orange has bucked the broadband market growth trend to report a net loss of 4,000 customers in the last three months of 2007, despite a high-profile TV advertising campaign*.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Orange Business Services, the global enterprise networking unit of France TÃ©lÃ©com, has strengthened its footprint in the Nordic and Baltic countries through an agreement with Scandinavian telco TeliaSonera. Under the deal announced Wednesday, TeliaSonera will integrate its IP (Internet Protocol) services in its home Nordic and Baltic markets with Orange's global IP network. The partnership will allow TeliaSonera to support its enterprise customers with international requirements beyond its core markets, making it easier for them to buy services and manage their communications needs though through a single provider. At the same time, Orange Business Services will benefit from a deeper network penetration in northern Europe. Also included in the partnership are mobile communications through the FreeMove international mobile phone alliance with several operators including Orange and TeliaSonera. Newly created Orange Business Services, which incorporates numerous former France TÃ©lÃ©com including Equant, operates in 166 countries and serves more than 220 customers.
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France Telecom will start marketing Apple Inc.'s million-selling iPhone in France through its wireless arm Orange.
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The French government is looking to raise up to â¬5.8bn to help pay its debts by selling some of its France Telecom shares. As this will reduce its shareholding to just over 40 per cent, the move will allow
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France launched the sale of at least 9.6 per cent of France Telecom, a move that could raise up to $7.1 billion US that will be used to help the French government reduce its national debt.
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Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo believes Europe will embrace hi-tech telephones and expects a major boost in subscribers on the continent of its i-mode Internet service.
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Mobile phone group Vodafone  and  rival Orange, owned by France Telecom , are to share  mobile mast sites in a deal designed to cut costs and improve  coverage across Britain.
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt (Fortune) reports that iPhone received great reception in France. âAfter just 21 hours, 17 percent of Orange France stores had sold out.â In all, âFrance Telecom announced that it sold nearly 30,000 iPhones in the first five days, 48 percentÂ of them to new customers. Thatâs nearly one iPhone for every 2,000 Frenchmen.â
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France Telecom makes 'substantial and significant' investment
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Mobile technology firm Nokia  (NOK1V.HE) has sealed a deal with operator Orange on  customizing mobile phones for the France Telecom  unit,  Nokia said on Wednesday.
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Mobile technology firm Nokia   NOK1V.HE has sealed a deal with operator Orange on   customizing software for mobile phones for the France Telecom   FTE.PA unit, Nokia said on Wednesday.
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Orange announced the commercial availability of Talk Nowâ¢, Europeâs first advanced Push-To-Talk service. Over the last nine months, Orange has engaged in customer trials across Europe to develop and refine
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French law bites Mac maker, again Orange will indeed offer Apple's iPhone on France, but the most interesting aspect of the two firms' partnership will be the availability, for the first time, of officially unlocked handsets.â¦