48 Facts About Orange SA

Orange SA has been the company's main brand for mobile, landline, internet and Internet Protocol television services since 2006.

The Orange SA brand originated in the United Kingdom in 1994 after Hutchison Whampoa acquired a controlling stake in Microtel Communications: that company became a subsidiary of Mannesmann in 1999 and then was acquired by France Telecom in 2000.

Mannesmann's acquisition of Orange SA triggered Vodafone to make a hostile takeover bid for Mannesmann.

Orange SA obtained 15bn of debt adjustment that needed to be borne by banks and investors, another 15bn as a capital increase from the French State since it was still the majority shareholder, and an additional 15bn in cash from internal savings.

Orange SA secured exclusive rights to broadcast Saturday evening Ligue 1 football matches from the French Football Federation.

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In 2008, Orange SA was given permission from Apple to sell the iPhone in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Orange SA's African markets.

On 5 April 2009, Orange SA won an Arbitration Court case against Orascom Telecom, forcing Orascom to transfer its stake in Mobinil to Orange SA at a price of per Mobinil share.

On 28 October 2009, Orange SA changed the name of its Luxembourgish telecommunication company VOXMobile to Orange SA.

On 5 November 2009, Orange SA Armenia launched telecommunication services in Armenia.

Orange SA was reorganised internally, most notably with the arrival of former Culture Minister Christine Albanel as head of communications for the group.

In mid-April 2010, Orange SA UK announced that it would outsource the management of its broadband network to BT.

Orange SA's departure was shadowed by controversy over his stock options: he was suspected of having stayed with the company longer to wait for the France Telecom share to recover and then exercise his stock option.

The deal closed on 3 January 2013, and the Orange SA brand was phased out on 19 August 2013, when its operations were merged into 3.

In September 2014, Orange SA agreed a deal to acquire Spanish firm Jazztel for a fee of around €3.

In July 2020, Orange SA launched a satellite-based home broadband service utilising the Eutelsat Konnect satellite.

Orange SA is the sole brand used in the marketing of the company's mobile offers; the Itineris, Ola and Mobicarte brands have been combined since 2001, and Mobicarte became a special prepaid calling offer.

Orange SA France is the leading mobile telecommunications operator in France, with a market share of 45.

Orange SA took over the landline and Internet businesses of France Telecom and Wanadoo in 2006.

Since then, Orange SA is the sole brand of France Telecom for landline and Internet services worldwide, with a few exceptions, such as Mobistar in Belgium and TPSA in Poland.

In 2007, Orange SA creates Studio 37 and, in 2008, enters into a partnership with France Televisions to broadcast pre-recorded programming from the public national television and to roll out theme channels for sports, cinema and television series.

Orange SA installs additional VOD services on its channels, allowing viewers to watch programmes broadcast in the previous 30 days whenever they like, as well as supplementary programmes from the previous month.

Orange SA offers services for video on demand access using the Orange SA decoder, a computer or a mobile phone.

Orange SA offers free programming from the catalogues of available works of France Television, M6 and TF1 for one week after their initial broadcast.

Liveradio: Created by Orange SA in 2008, Liveradio is a free, live, on-demand IP radio streaming service.

Orange SA is a communications access provider offering customers access through multiple platforms.

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In December 2014, Orange SA were in talks with BT Group regarding the acquisition of EE for an estimated £12.

Since January 2007 Orange SA has unified its research laboratories and technocentres in the Orange SA Labs network.

For its growth, Orange SA negotiates exclusivity agreements with Warner, HBO, Fidelite Films and Gaumont, ensuring a stream of films for its TV Orange SA Cinema Series package.

In March 2015, Orange SA acquired all remaining shares of Cloudwatt to strengthen its enterprise cloud services offering.

In January 2019 Orange SA acquired a minority shareholding in Aire Labs, a credit data platform in the UK.

In February 2019 Orange SA acquired UK cybersecurity provider SecureData for an undisclosed sum, merging it with Orange SA Cyberdefense Division.

Orange SA acquired SecureLink, a Netherlands-based cybersecurity company, in 2019 for €515 million.

In early August 2020 Orange SA reached an agreement with the Ministry of Communications and Information Society to purchase Telekom Romania and establish a new telecommunications entity.

On 20 December 2019, former CEO Didier Lombard and Orange SA were found guilty of moral harassment towards their employees.

Two thirds of Orange SA customers experienced problems cancelling their Orange SA broadband.

Orange SA Mobile has been criticised during a Channel 4 News investigation for a lack of security which potentially exposed customer records to fraud.

Orange SA met Israeli PM Benyamin Netanyahu and former president, Shimon Peres.

Richard told both Netanyahu and Peres that Orange SA has not and will not support anti-Israel boycott efforts, and insisted that its announced decision to abrogate its relationship with Partner was purely commercial and not political.

Orange SA paid Partner €40 million to add an opt out clause to the contract, with which Partner conducted a market survey which is determine the best course of action moving forward.

Regardless of which party opts to exercise the out clause, Orange SA will pay Partner an additional €50 million to end the arrangement.

Orange SA stated that the money paid to Partner was purely for re-branding purposes and affirmed their previous statement that their wish to leave Israel is based on desire to discontinue license agreements and maintain only subsidiaries that they control, rather than a boycott.

Orange SA would make the relevant payments over the course of two years and charge it to their books as a mix of marketing, sales, customer services and related expenses.

In September 2015, Orange SA reaffirmed their commitment to Israel with an investment in Hola, a video distribution network.

Governance of the Orange SA group is centred in its board of directors, executive committee and three committees that steer Orange SA's strategy:.

Orange SA group is governed by a board of directors composed of a minimum of twelve members and a maximum of twenty-two members, divided as follows: three are appointed by the French State, three are elected by the employees, one is elected by the shareholders and represents employee shareholders, the fifteen other members are appointed by the shareholders.

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Projects supported by Orange SA Foundation are chosen by committees of experts devoted to each major theme.

From 2000 to 2002, Orange SA was a major sponsor of British Formula One team Arrows.

Orange SA was the sponsor for UEFA Euro 2012 and UEFA Euro 2016.