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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:42:20 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title>France Telecom-Orange announces an agreement for the sale of its 35% stake in Orange Austria</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[France Telecom-Orange has entered into a binding agreement with its partner Mid Europa Partners (&ldquo;MEP&rdquo;) for the sale of their combined 100% stake of Orange Austria to Hutchison 3G Austria (&ldquo;Hutchison&rdquo;), a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. France Telecom-Orange currently holds a 35% stake in Orange Austria and MEP a 65% stake. As part of the overall transaction, Hutchison will sell frequencies, base station sites, the mobile phone operator Yesss! Telekommunikation GmbH (&ldquo;Yesss!&rdquo;) as well as certain intellectual property rights to Telekom Austria Group, immediately after the acquisition of Orange Austria,.The agreement implies an enterprise value of approximately &euro;1.3 billion for Orange Austria and is expected to provide France Telecom-Orange with cash proceeds of around &euro;70 million for its equity stake. The completion of these transactions remains subject to the approval by the relevant regulatory and anti-trust authorities. Completi]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title>Management change at Orange’s New Growth Activities Division</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Jean-Paul Cottet, currently Orange group Executive Vice President of Marketing and Innovation, will also assume responsibility for France Telecom-Orange New Growth Activities as of February 1, 2012, replacing Xavier Couture.Xavier Couture has been named special assistant to CEO St&eacute;phane Richard with responsibility for relations with the audiovisual sector, effective February 1, 2012.&nbsp; *&nbsp;&nbsp; *&nbsp;&nbsp; *&nbsp;&nbsp; *Before becoming Executive Vice President of Marketing and Innovation and since he joined the Group, Jean-Paul Cottet, a graduate of X-Mines, had a very diversified career path: marketing and sales, Consumer Shareholding Department for the initial public offering, Regional Department of Paris, Communications and External Relations Department, Information Systems Department, International Department and Enterprise Market Department France. Xavier Couture joined the France Telecom&ndash;Orange group in May 2008 as Content Director before taking charge o]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title>Orange confirms leadership in French cloud computing market with over 3,600 customers to date</title>
         <link>http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp120126en.jsp</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Robust growth in customer portfolio in 2011 energized by success of Flexible Computing Express and Cloud Pro offers, validating the value provided by a telecoms operator such as Orange as cloud partnerPresentation of Galerie Video, the world&rsquo;s first VPN hub for video sharing across the enterprise Signature of two major contracts for cloud-based unified communications, with Danone and Ondeo ISOver 3,600 customers have already chosen Orange Business Services cloud computing solutions. This includes 110 for the Flexible Computing Express Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offer, introduced in October 2011, and over 2,500 small business customers for Cloud Pro, a suite of online services launched in June 2011. competitive positioning as the operator with best-in-class IT expertise To truly tap the power of the cloud, businesses need a high-performance, reliable network able to deliver quality end-to-end service, from user connection to the IT platform that hosts their applications. ]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title>Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation partner to offer Wikipedia in Africa and the Middle East at no extra cost</title>
         <link>http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp120124en.jsp</link>
         <description><![CDATA[&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;In the first partnership of its kind, Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation will provide more than 70 million Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA) with mobile access to Wikipedia - without incurring data usage chargesOrange and the Wikimedia Foundation today announced a major partnership designed to make knowledge more easily available to Orange mobile customers throughout Africa and the Middle East. In the first partnership of its kind for Wikipedia, Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation will provide customers in both remote and urban areas of AMEA with access to Wikipedia.In 2009, Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation formed the world&rsquo;s first mobile and Internet partnership to expand the reach of Wikimedia&rsquo;s projects through channels on Orange mobile and web portals in Europe. &nbsp;This new partnership will be gradually launched throughout 2012 across 20 African and Middle Eastern countries where Orange operates, with the first market]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title>Experience all of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon – Equatorial Guinea 2012 on Orange Sport!</title>
         <link>http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp120119en2.jsp</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The opening ceremony and first match will air for free on Orange Sport for Orange TV&rsquo;s 4 million customers and can also be watched on the WebFrom January 21 to February 12, a special programming will be provided with the 32 matches on Orange Sport 8 matches will be broadcast live for free on Orange TV and on the webAn Orange website dedicated to the Africa Cup of Nations 2012The match between Equatorial Guinea and Libya will be aired free of charge for the 4 million Orange TV subscribers and for all Internet usersThe title sponsor of African football since July 2009, Orange is celebrating the kick-off of the 28th Africa Cup of Nations on January 21 in Gabon. Starting at 5:30 pm, Orange sport will broadcast the opening ceremony followed by the match between Equatorial Guinea and Libya, live and for free.All internet users will be able to watch the event for free, which will also be aired live on:-&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Orange&rsquo;s Africa Cup of Nation&rsquo;s website: sports.orang]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title>Companies unite to launch the first industry-led Europe-wide principles to enhance online safety for children</title>
         <link>http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp120119en.jsp</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The ICT Coalition for a Safer Internet for Children and Young People today announced its guiding principles for the development of products and services to actively enhance the safety of children and young people online. 25 companies from across the information and communications technology sector are signatories to the principles, which aim to ensure that children and young people obtain the greatest benefit from new technologies, while avoiding the challenges and risks which are of concern to people worldwide.The Principles focus on the key areas of: content, parental controls, dealing with abuse/misuse, child sexual abuse content or illegal contact, privacy &amp; control and education &amp; awareness. Signatories pledge to:&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;develop innovative ways of enhancing online safety and encouraging responsible use of the internet and internet access devices by children and young people;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;empower parents and carers to engage with and help protec]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title>Orange Business Services positioned as a Leader among Asia Pacific Network Service Providers</title>
         <link>http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp120117en4.jsp</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Orange Business Services is positioned in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner Inc.&rsquo;s Magic Quadrant for Asia/Pacific Network Service Providers.* Yee-May Leong, senior vice president, Orange Business Services Asia Pacific, said:&nbsp; &ldquo;Gartner&rsquo;s report recognizes Orange Business Services as a Leader, which we believe reflects our vision in managed and cloud-based IT services. Orange invests extensively in its people, network and innovative solutions. This underpins our leadership in the region. We deliver a comprehensive portfolio of managed and network-related services that is acknowledged as complete and holistic to meet our customers&rsquo; evolving needs, particularly in cloud-computing, unified communications and collaboration.&rdquo; according to the report, &ldquo;The MNC market in Asia/Pacific is characterized by several major trends of the past year:MNCs continue to expand their presence aggressively into emerging markets in search of growth.The dedicated connect]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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         <title>Orange TV now broadcasts satellite channels of the M6 group </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As of this month, Orange is adding the Astra Satellite, Hot Bird and AB3 channels of the M6 group to its offering of multichannel packages in France.The M6 group channels, which are already available via broadband internet and fiber, join Orange TV&rsquo;s satellite offering of general interest and entertainment channels:T&eacute;va (channel 45): &laquo; la cha&icirc;ne f&eacute;minine que tout le monde regarde &raquo;, already part of the Standard and Extra packages, is now available in Orange TV&rsquo;s channel lineup on channel 45 via broadband internet and fiber and on Astra Satellite in HD. Paris Premi&egrave;re (channel 48): &laquo; la cha&icirc;ne audacieuse et impertinente &raquo;, included in the Standard and Extra packages on channel 48 via broadband internet and fiber, is now available on Astra Satellite in HD.M6 Music Hits (channel 136): &laquo; la cha&icirc;ne 100% Hits &raquo;, offered as part of the Extra and Music packages via broadband internet and fiber, is now avail]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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