Orange UK - Now Part of France Telecom

Orange UK is probably one of the United Kingdom'smeans that Orange mobile phones have Internet
most prominent Mobile Networks. This could becapabilities, so online email and web-browsing are
because the company focuses its attention on itspossible, as are image and music file uploading as well
home country (i.e. the United Kingdom) as opposedas texting.
to being an international outsource, although gainingHow is this possible, you ask? Well, Orange UK offers
customers from other countries has been one of itsGPRS, EDGE and 3G on a HSDPA network,
oldest strengths over other Mobile networks in theintegrating the largest 3G/2.5G in all of Great Britain.
United Kingdom. Orange was the first to feature andDSL services, too, are a part of this deal. Once
sell its products over the Internet throughoperating under the name FreeServe, the service
Mobile.co.uk, the United Kingdom's first official phonewas taken over by France Telecom in 2006 and
dealer website.incorporated it into the overall technology, renaming it
Having had the longest online presences has allowedOrange. It is no wonder, then, that 99% of the UK's
Orange UK to achieve a long-standing businesspopulation has solidly been assimilated into Orange
relationship with the outside world. It is for thisUK's service.
reason that the company and its products, such asOrange mobile phones, then, are and everyday
Orange mobile phones, are widely known, respectedconvenience in Great Britain and have been so for
and sought by millions of people everywhere.about the past fifteen years. An excess of 17 million
Still, the Orange UK has over 300 stores throughoutpeople are now Orange customers, and that is an
Great Britain-called "orange shops"-that serve asinternational tally.
direct channels to the public. Orange mobile phonesDue to the advancement of technology in the mobile
and a plethora of other products are sold through a(cellular) industry, the sophistication of Orange mobile
multitude of retailers, not just the company's own.phones and other devices are in demand, not for the
Among them are Carphone Warehouse, Argos andsake of necessity, but also appeal. This is an era of
Phones4U. Many other smaller independent retailersquick messaging and high-tech communication;
add to the fray of marketing contributions. Orangeeveryone prefers the simple (if not expensive) way
UK has gained a reputation of getting itself aroundto get around, so mobile phones having enhanced
without ostentatious means, and this adds to thecapabilities, especially those allowing phone-owners to
company's charm.access the Internet anytime day or night, will be high
Like other mobile networks, Orange UK servicepriority and most desirably for everyday living. The
offers pay-as-you-go and monthly installmentOrange network already has that covered in the
contracts, the latter having 12-, 18-, and 24-monthUnited Kingdom and online, the latter of which opens
variations in contract lengths. Orange mobile phonesthe network up to the rest of the world. Where else
also include Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) anddo they need to go?
Mobile Data Services (MDS) for extra charge. This