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News France Telecom short-listed the three phone equipment makers in October last year and yesterday French newspaper Les Echos confirmed Nokia will build Orange's network in the UK, and work alongside Alcatel to build its... [26 Feb 2001]
Orange planning SPV successor
News Orange is to launch a second mobile phone handset based on Microsoft's Smartphone software in April in an effort to appeal to consumers and gamers. Orange will also include a camera link cable allowing... [18 Feb 2003]
Orange offers biz hardware for hard to reach places
News Orange is preparing to offer businesses a way of improving their indoor mobile coverage. Orange has been trialling picocells in Switzerland and it intends to launch the devices in France, Poland, Spain,... [05 Oct 2007]
Orange lowers its expectations and students face e-top-up fees
News Orange is now expected to go to market valued between E45.6bn (£29bn) and E52.8bn (£33bn) - E10bn (£6.3) down on the valuation announced at the release of its prospectus and almost E30bn (£19bn) down on an original... [07 Feb 2001]
Orange and easyMobile court case to start in November
News Orange and easyMobile will face each other in the courts this year to settle their spat over colour. The pair are getting litigious over the use of the colour orange - Orange alleges... [02 Mar 2006]
Orange IPO threatens France Telecom expansion
News Hans Snook, CEO at Orange, revised the valuation of the company, claiming it will sell 13 per cent of its stock at between E11.5 and E13.5 (£7.36 and £8.64) per share. Annoula Peppas, senior consultant at Schema, agreed,... [22 Jan 2001]
Don't shoot the messenger, Orange halved and make or break for Letsbuyit
News In other news, the long awaited flotation of mobile phone operator Orange makes the pages of many of this morning's papers. Orange has today released its prospectus for the flotation, in which it lays... [22 Jan 2001]
Orange encourages workers to switch off their mobiles
News Mobile operator Orange is spearheading a coalition advising workers to switch off their mobiles. The Orange Future Enterprise Coalition, which includes industry groups such as the British Chamber of... [08 Mar 2006]
Orange 'on the hunt for BBC, ITV, C4 tech'
News Orange is in talks to acquire the technology platform developed for the Kangaroo online on-demand TV service. An Orange spokesman confirmed to silicon.com that the French-owned company is in talks with... [06 Apr 2009]
Orange withdraws from broadband auction
News A spokesperson for the mobile operator told silicon.com: "Orange can confirm it has withdrawn from the broadband fixed wireless auction. Orange is currently reviewing a number of access technologies to... [16 Oct 2000]
Orange loses GPRS inhibitions
News Orange has launched a corporate connectivity offering for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in part made possible by it embracing buffet style pricing for GPRS data transfer. Orange Office... [13 Feb 2003]
Orange, Vodafone and friends to make own OS move?
News A grouping of some of the world's largest mobile operators, including Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone, has admitted it is in the early stages of working on "mobile terminal platforms". SavaJe is a Java-centric US start-up... [20 Apr 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Intel and Linux; Orange and WAP; and Team Tandem make a comeback
Comment UK mobile telephone operator, Orange, is set to launch a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) service in November, ready for the Christmas rush. Orange dreams of a WAP Christmas The really interesting... [01 Nov 1999]
Orange blossoms as subscriber figures swell
News Orange now has 11 million subscribers in the UK, 7.87 million of these are pre-pay customers. Orange does not include subscribers who have not used their phones for the last three months. In an effort to... [09 Apr 2001]
Orange chief steps down
News Snook is known as the man who established Orange in several European countries before it became part of Mannesmann, then Vodafone, and eventually France Telecom. The reshuffle comes as a surprise, as Snook had been... [10 Oct 2000]
