Synopsis
Archived report: this report was archived in September 2004 and has not been updated since. Orange provides a broad range of communications services, its core activities being the operation of the Orange digital wireless network in France, the United Kingdom and 18 other countries. In the second quarter of 2000, Orange plc was taken over by France Telecom, and its wire-free interests integrated with France Telecom’s Itineris and other wireless activities to form the new Orange SA group. In February 2001, Orange SA was listed on the EuroNext Paris with a secondary listing in London. It has since been awarded UMTS licences in the Sweden, UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Slovakia.