Orange Buys Mobile, Internet Central Africa Republic License"

PARIS -(Dow Jones)- France Telecom's mobile phone unit Orange said Thursday it acquired a mobile and Internet license in the Central African Republic.

France Telecom said the commercial activities of Orange's new subsidiary in the Central African Republic are scheduled to start up "before the end of the year."

No financial details were provided.

The country has a population of 4.3 million.

Company Web site: http://www.orange-ftgroup.com

-By Alice Dore, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 4017 1740; alice.dore@dowjones.com

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Posted to the site on 5th April 2007