Orange UK: Background

Orange UK is a mobile network operator and internet service provider in the United Kingdomwhich is owned by Orange SA a subsidiary of France Telecom. It was founded in 1994 as a telecommunications company specializing in mobile phones and recently, added broadband Internet services. After three years of operation, it floated on the London Stock Exchange and had gained a million customers in the UK. In 1999, it was sold to Mannesmann AG. Now, it is owned by France Telecom.

The company is offering a vast selection of services both for personal and for business purposes. For personal, it offers a collection of entertainment and information services for the mobile phone like music, video, sports and access to other mobile Internet sites. For business, they are offering services from professional to IP transformation, converged fixed-mobile-internet solutions such as Business Everywhere, deployment services and ongoing operational support. It is also the first company that sells mobile phones unit in the internet in the UK.

It also offers other services like the selling of mobile plans, dial-up internet packages, broadband and other mobile accessories (Orange. Available at [http://www.orange.co.uk/]. Accessed [21/08/07].