France Telecom is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators managing a transformation to become an integrated operator, making France Telecom the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe.

Since June 2006, Orange has become the Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile in most of its markets and Orange Business Services, the name for the services offered to businesses worldwide.

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facts and figures

Number 2 provider for IP television services in the world, number one in Europe.

First operator in the world to launch Mobile HD Voice.

With Orange Business Services, the Group is amongst the world leaders in providing telecoms services to multinational companies.

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international footprint

Africa, Middle-East, Caribbean and Asia

Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Conakri, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius island, Niger, Senegal, Vanuatu and Vietnam.

In October 2007, the Group announced the award of a mobile operator license in the Republic of Armenia and the launch of its activities in Uganda under its Orange brand.

Orange Business Services operates in 220 countries and territories.

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innovation

The customer is at the heart of our approach to innovation.

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responsibility

“Sustainable development is no longer a debate among specialists, or a fashionable trend. Today, our customers, the public authorities and society as a whole are increasingly aware of these issues and expect companies to take the challenges of sustainable development into account in a responsible manner.We manage these expectations on a daily basis through the interchanges we carry out with our different stakeholders.

As a global telecommunications operator, we have a key role to play in helping our customers meet the challenge of sustainable development. This challenge also brings opportunities for innovation and value creation, which we are determined to seize.”

Didier Lombard, Chairman

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philanthropy

“The Foundation lies at the heart of the group’s corporate  philanthropy and social responsibility policies. Since taking its first steps in 1987, the foundation has supported the company's mission to give everyone the means to communicate.

A focus that it has never lost sight of, committing to a number of causes such as autism, visual and hearing impairments and illiteracy. Major campaigns have supported its actions, such as the promotion of vocal music, for universal communication.”

Didier Lombard, Chairman

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Orange partners with Netvibes to offer the world’s largest collection of mobile widgets

Orange and Netvibes announced a partnership to bring the world’s largest collection of mobile widgets to all types of mobile phone user across an extensive range of handsets. Netvibes’ huge catalogue of nearly 200,000 realtime widgets will be available on Orange widgets, a service featuring on 80% of handsets shipped by Orange. It will also be available on djinngo mobile, an Orange service open to any mobile phone user in the world. And soon, mobile widgets will be available to Orange customers in the recently launched Orange Application Shop.

Intel, Orange Collaborate on MeeGo* Platform to Deliver a New Mobile Multimedia Experience on Intel® Atom™ Processor Based Devices

Intel and Orange announced a strategic agreement to deliver Orange multimedia services across a number of devices based on the Intel® Atom™ Processor and MeeGo software platform. MeeGo, a result of a merger of the Linux-based Moblin™ and Maemo software projects unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, enables an open software environment for rapid development of a range of smart, PC-like devices and exciting new services.