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Articles tagged with: France Telecom and Orange
Orange & T-Mobile Confirm UK Merger Details
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have announced the signing of the final agreement to combine their UK operations, T-Mobile and Orange, into a 50:50 joint venture company. Now that the confirmatory due diligence has been completed, this binding agreement confirms the terms of the transaction announced on 8 September 2009. more
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VOXmobile to Adopt the Orange Brand Name
Luxemburg based mobile network operator, VOXmobile is to adopt the Orange brandname from the end of this month, its parent company, Belgium's Mobistar has announced. There will be no change to the Mobistar brand in Belgium. more
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Confirmed: T-Mobile and Orange to Merge UK Operations
As reported yesterday, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have today announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations to combine T-Mobile UK and Orange UK in a new 50:50 joint venture company. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, t-mobile, telekom, cfo, broadband, UK
T-Mobile UK to Announce Merger with Orange on Tuesday - Report
It is being reported that Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom will announce a "merger of equals" between their respective UK mobile networks early tomorrow morning. Sources familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires that the deal will be signed on Monday and announced before stock markets open on Tuesday. more
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France Telecom Reported to be Seeking Indian Investment
France Telecom is reported to be in talks to take a stake in India's Aircel for between US$1.4-$2 billion. The French company is said to be in talks with Malaysia's Maxis, which owns 74% of the company to take the stake. In the meantime, Maxis shareholder, Saudi Telecom is looking to increase its holding in the firm from 25% to 35%. more
Related Tags: maxis, aircel, maxis-communications, India
Orange Tried to Buy T-Mobile UK
France Telecom is reported to have made an offer to buy T-Mobile UK, but was rebuffed by T-Mobile's German parent company, Deutsche Telekom. The UK's Guardian newspaper also noted that Vodafone was rumoured to have offered to do a swap for its Turkish subsidiary, although the deal was denied by Vodafone. more
Related Tags: t-mobile-uk, deutsche-telekom, telekom, UK
France Telecom 1st-Quater Down on French TV Costs
France Telecom has reported a 4.4% drop in first-quarter profits due to costs incurred by its French television services. EBITDA was down 4.4% on a comparable basis, at EUR 4.3 billion. The EBITDA margin dropped 1.7 points from the first quarter of 2008. more
France Telecom Takes Control of Senegal Based Sonatel
France Telecom has taken control of Senegal based Sonatel after it brought 9.87% of the company from the Senegalese government, taking its ownership to 52.2%. Once the transaction has been completed, the Senegalese government will remain Sonatel's second biggest shareholder with 17.28% of the operator's capital. more
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Bouygues Telecom Loses 3G License Appeal
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the French government was correct in retrospectively lowering the 3G license fees it charged to France Telecom and Vivendi's SFR. In 2000, the French government sold two 3G licenses to France Telecom and SFR for EUR4.95 billion each. A later attempt in 2002 to sell the remaining two licenses raised just EUR619 million from Bouygues Telecom. The fourth license remains unsold to this day. more
Related Tags: 3g, eu, itu, 3g-license, tim, ovi, iden, sfr, 3, bouygues-telecom, 3g-licenses, license-fees, France
Orange Launches a GSM Network in Uganda
France Telecom, through its Orange brand has launched a new network in Uganda. Last October, France Telecom took over the national GSM license held by Hits Telecom Uganda after buying a 53% stake in the firm. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, wimax, lte, mtn, zain, customer-care, gsm-license, gsm, Uganda