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7 unusual facts about Orange S.A.


CAF Champions League

Due to sponsorship reasons, the official name is Orange CAF Champions League, with Orange Champions League also in use.

Deutsche Telekom

In 2010, Orange parent France Télécom and T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom merged their UK operations to create the largest mobile network in Britain now known as EE.

Economy of Equatorial Guinea

Parastatal Getesa, a joint venture with a minority ownership stake held by a French subsidiary of Orange, provides telephone service in the major cities.

Lannion

Lannion is a large telecommunications research center in France with several firms such as Alcatel-Lucent, Orange and SAGEMCOM operating there.

Partner Communications Company

The 'Orange' brand that the company uses under license, belongs to Orange S.A. (formerly France Télécom), which is not related to the current owners of Partner.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia

The 850 MHz spectrum belonged to Hutchison prior to the merger and was used by their brand Orange.

Vodafone India

Hutchison Max rebranded Max Touch as Orange from 14 February 2000, thus introducing the Orange brand to India.


Orange Rio

It is sold on the Orange network, and is a BlackBerry-styled phone directed to people on budgets or young users, with a QWERTY keyboard and a 2.4in touchscreen.

Translators Without Borders

All content is available through mobile networks and some content without data charges through the Wikipedia mobile partners Telnor, Orange and STC in Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East.


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