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key figures and activities

activities and key figures

Explosive growth in telecommunications over the past ten years has reshaped the global landscape. Nearly two thirds of the world’s inhabitants now have a mobile phone or are connected to the Internet, and the percentage continues to grow.
 

The Group’s people around the world are committed to delivering the promise of the Orange brand to enable everyone in every situation to better communicate, collaborate and create with others. France Telecom Orange continues to strengthen its networks with an emphasis on innovation and quality of service, the pillars of its growth.
The Group is also expanding into promising new businesses where it can deliver added value, including audience, content and e-health.

At the end of 2009, the France Telecom Group had 193 million customers worldwide, up 5.7% on 2008, including 132.6 million mobile customers (up 8.8%) and 13.5 million ADSL broadband customers (up 4.1%)*.
At the same time, the Group’s MVNO customer base in Europe grew by 25% (4 million customers as of 31 December 2009).






* The reported figures include activities in the United Kingdom, which are no longer consolidated following the announcement in September 2009 of the planned merger of the Orange and T-Mobile operations in the United Kingdom.

 
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