Orange's activities

Orange has more than 16,5 million mobile, including more than 5,3 million on mobile broadband at end of December 2009.  It is the leading provider for the UK National Health Service and Police.
In June 2006, Orange became the single brand for mobile and broadband.
Orange has the broadest integrated 2G/3G network in the UK covering over 99% of the population.
In August 2009, France Telecom announced the acquisition of Unanimis, the largest exclusively digital advertising network in the United Kingdom, whose combination with Orange’s mobile operations and internet services will enable advertisers, buyers and media agencies to reach 71.5% of Britain's internet users and more than 66% of the internet users in Great Britain, France, Spain and Poland combined.

In November 2009, France Telecom signed an agreement with Deutsche Telekom by which the two groups will create a joint venture combining their mobile and broadband operations in the United Kingdom. Each group will hold 50% of the joint venture.
The merger of T-Mobile UK and Orange UK has been cleared by EU Commission across all industry sections including the public sector the 1st of March, 2010.
The 11 May, 2010, Orange UK and T-Mobile UK  outline vision to give customers instant access to everything, everywhere by creating everything everywhere™ which promises to transform the industry and give UK consumers the best coverage, devices, service and communications experience possible.
The company will run two of Britain’s most famous brands, Orange and T-Mobile, and has a customer base of 30 million people: over half of the UK adult population.

Orange Business Services provides mobile, fixed and broadband communications services to over 1 million businesses in the UK from the largest multi-national corporations to start-ups across all industry sections including the public sector.