range S.A.

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This article is about the corporation formerly known as France Tlcom. For the UK m
obile phone operator, see Orange (UK).
Orange S.A.
Orange logo.svg
Type
Socit Anonyme
Traded as Euronext: ORA
NYSE: ORAN
BIT: ORA
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 1988; 29 years ago (Privatization)
Headquarters 15th arrondissement, Paris, France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Stphane Richard
(Chairman and CEO)
Products Landline telephony, Mobile telephony, Fixed internet, Mobile int
ernet, IP television, IT services, Livebox
Revenue Increase 40.236 billion (2015)[1]
Operating income
Increase 12.426 billion (2015)[1]
Profit Increase 2.652 billion (2015)[1]
Total assets Decrease 89.980 billion (2012)
Total equity Decrease 24.306 billion (2012)
Owner Public float (86.6%)
Government of France (13.4%)[2]
Number of employees
157,000 (2015)[3]
Subsidiaries Orange Marine
Website www.orange.com
Orange S.A., formerly France Tlcom S.A., is a French multinational telecommunicati
ons corporation. It has 256 million customers worldwide and employs 95,000 peopl
e in France, and 59,000 elsewhere.[3] In 2015, the group had revenue of 40 billio
n.[4] The company's head office is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
The current CEO is Stphane Richard. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx
50 stock market index.[5]
Orange has been the company's main brand for mobile, landline, internet and IPTV
services since 2006. It originated in 1994 when Hutchison Whampoa acquired a co
ntrolling stake in Microtel Communications during the early 1990s and rebranded
it as "Orange." It became a subsidiary of Mannesmann in 1999 and was acquired by
France Tlcom in 2000. The company was rebranded as Orange in July 2013.[6]
Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Nationalised service (1970s 1980s)
1.2 Creation of France Tlcom (1988 1997)
1.3 'Roaring Nineties' (1997 2000)
1.4 Acquisition of Orange and privatization
1.5 NeXT scheme and rebranding to Orange (2006 present)
2 Shareholders
3 Operations
3.1 Mobile
3.2 Landline and Internet
3.3 Broadcasting
3.4 Music
4 Subsidiaries, joint ventures and holdings
4.1 Orange Business Services
4.2 BT Group
4.3 Globecast
4.4 Viaccess Orca
4.5 Orange Labs
4.6 Dailymotion
4.7 Deezer
4.8 Studio 37
4.9 Cityvox
4.10 Cloudwatt
5 Controversy
5.1 Staff suicides
5.2 Access to some sites limited
5.3 Accusations of false advertising in France
5.4 Corruption in Tunisia
5.5 Anticompetitive practices in French overseas departments
5.6 SMS and MMS propagation of 1 January 2011 in France
5.7 Controversies in UK regarding the quality of service
5.8 Accusations of antisemitism and calls for boycott
6 Governance
6.1 Overview of governance
6.2 Chairmen
6.3 Chief executive officers
6.4 Board of directors
6.5 Executive committee
6.6 Head office
7 Orange Foundation
8 Sponsorship
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
History[edit]
Nationalised service (1970s 1980s)[edit]
In 1792, under the French Revolution, the first communication network was develo
ped to enable the rapid transmission of information in a warring and unsafe coun
try. That was the optical telegraphy network of Claude Chappe.
In 1878, after the invention of the electrical telegraph and then the invention
of the telephone, the French State created a Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. T
elephone Services were added to the ministry when they were nationalised in 1889
. However, it was not until 1923 that the second 'T' (for 'telephones') appeared
and the department of P&T became PTT.
In 1941, a General Direction of Telecommunications was created within this minis
try. Then, in 1944, the National Centre of Telecommunications Studies (CNET) was
created to develop the telecommunications industry in France.