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w-HA (France Telecom) Grows Mobile / Electronic Payments Ecosystem With Valista Technology
White Papers Combining technological expertise and aggressive service innovations, France Telecom has grown into one of the world's top 5 communications carriers with revenues exceeding ? France Telecom needed to create a world-class eCommerce service enabling...
[January 19, 2006, 23:00]
France Telecom threatens EC over roaming clampdown
News France Telecom has warned that it might stop buying equipment from European manufacturers unless the EC's proposals on mobile roaming regulation are toned down. Didier Lombard, chief executive of France Telecom, said that the EC's proposals were...
[December 19, 2006, 16:01]
France Telecom tipped for Cable & Wireless takeover
News A report in the Sunday Telegraph claimed that France Telecom is planning a £4bn bid for C&W. If successful, France Telecom would then merge Bulldog, C&W's broadband service, with its own Wanadoo operations.
[June 20, 2005, 11:30]
France Telecom dials up Liberty Alliance
News IBM announced on Thursday that the company has won a contract to create a single-sign-on network for France Telecom's 50 million cellular phone users. While Big Blue is not a member of the Liberty Alliance, the deal shows that the organisation's...
[July 22, 2004, 8:50]
News Burst: France Telecom cuts Orange flotation price
News Amid concerns over the state of the mobile phone industry, France Telecom has cut the flotation value of network operator Orange by around 10bn euros (£6.4bn). The range for the initial public offering, scheduled for 16 February, has been lowered...
[February 7, 2001, 9:02]
France Telecom tipped for Cable & Wireless takeover
Talkback Hope not in one way but knowing the problems that C&W are having with the 'back-office' i.e.customer / tech.service side of their new 8mb offer it maybe a good thing to 'join' with Wanadoo. C&W never have been good on dealing with the 'retail' side...
[June 20, 2005, 13:48]
Alcatel ADSL choice for France Telecom
News Alcatel has been promised exclusivity on the provision of service until the end of the year following a number of trials across France. The company will supply, install and commission ADSL equipment for six districts in Paris as well as three...
[August 27, 1999, 17:15]
France telecoms starts mesh pilot
News Come September, one engineering school will be getting their net access courtesy of a mesh network built by France Telecom. While some local authorities are trialling the technology, France Telecom is due to start its own pilot in a real-world...
[June 22, 2005, 16:50]
Freeserve and Wanadoo seize the day
News On Wednesday France Telecom's Wanadoo unveiled an offer to acquire the UK's leading Internet service provider, Freeserve (quote: FRE), in an all-share deal that would create Europe's second largest Internet provider.
[December 6, 2000, 15:11]
Telecom Provider Gains Mobile Productivity and Efficiency With Messaging Solution
White Papers The France Telecom Group, a global telecommunications giant with 153 million customers, wanted to integrate voice, fax, and e-mail data for traveling executives - both internal employees and customers of its Orange Business Services brand.
[September 28, 2007, 1:00]
2,000 face axe in Orange-Wanadoo merger
News Up to 2,000 Orange UK workers could lose their jobs in a major shake-up announced yesterday by parent company France Telecom. As part of what France Telecom calls its NExT (New Experience in Telecoms) strategy, Orange UK is becoming a mobile and...
[May 5, 2006, 17:35]
It's a deal: Wanadoo makes Freeserve bid
News Freeserve (quote: FRE) announced Wednesday it has received an offer for a takeover from bankers Lehman Brothers on behalf of Wanadoo, France Telecom's Internet service provider. Shares in Wanadoo, 88 percent owned by France Telecom, closed on...
[December 6, 2000, 10:20]
Orange backs out of Kangaroo buy
News The mobile operator, which is owned by France Telecom, said in a statement: After in-depth due diligence, we concluded that it was unlikely that an outcome which benefited France Telecom's Orange operations would be met.
[May 21, 2009, 14:27]
Orange cuts broadband pricing following flat sales
News Parent company France Telecom released its Q3 results on Thursday, which showed that Orange's "free broadband" promotion and extensive rebranding have not had much effect on sales. The "free broadband" push came shortly after France Telecom merged...
[October 26, 2006, 16:30]
Energis, Colt Telecom shares rise on takeover speculation
News Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom were seen as European front-runners for a buyout, with Bell Atlantic named as an American contender. Through a joint venture called MetroHoldings, with Detsche Telekom and France Telecom, Energis plans to build...
[November 2, 1999, 11:35]
Wanadoo unbundles local-loop plans
News The France Telecom-parented ISP may even spread the LLU loving to more of its users if it makes economic sense, according to Olivier Sichel, vice-president of France Telecom's home division. Wanadoo is planning to have at least half of its...
[September 8, 2005, 9:50]
Sprint rejoins race in Europe and Asia
News Sprint had been part of Global One, a partnership with Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom. Regardless of the timing, Sprint is about to get into a market that is so crowded that some European ISPs are already facing the same type of market...
[February 7, 2001, 7:50]
Orange brings it all together
News The hub of the new converged services will be a device called Livebox, which Orange inherited from Wanadoo after the two companies - which are both owned by France Telecom - merged earlier this year. France Telecom itself is now to be rebranded...
[May 31, 2006, 16:00]
BIBLE: Ten hot valley startups
News Co-managed by Paribas, the investment was led by Prime Asset Management AG, a leading German-based investor group, and included France Telecom's Innovacom fund, Techfund Capital Management and Net Ventures.
[November 10, 1999, 13:40]
Germany exits pan-European Google rival
News Quaero — intended by the French as a multimedia search engine focused around indexing photos and videos — will now become a solely French project, led by Thomson, with the support of Arvato, start-up Exalead, France Telecom, or LTU Technologies...
[January 9, 2007, 8:33]
