Today, France Telecom-owned Orange released a short announcement: Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Orange’s African markets later this year. Again, we see that exclusive country deals are out — Switzerland, Egypt,…
Texting is for old people!
Research by Orange has shown that texting is on the way out – appraently when peopel start using Mobile-IM, they reduce their use of text messages: “Of every 100 messages – including texts, emails and picture messages – sent by users without mobile instant messaging from their mobile phone or computer, 38 are text messages.…
UK: Orange subs consuming an increasing amount of content
UK Operator Orange has reported strong growth in content consumption, with some stats to back it up too…. Apparently Orange World (the Orange portal) now has 2.64mil monthly users, which is up 12% from the last quarter. Each user is also looking looking at more pages (termed “impressions”), which is up by 33%. In terms…
Orange’s Read&Go newspaper reader
Orange France has announced a new e-book reader – cunningly titled the Read&Go. Whilst devices such as Amazon’s Kindle are more book-focused, this little chap is pretty much just for newspapers – Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L’Equipe and Télérama for example. Apparently these get hourly updates, via a mixture of 3G and wifi…
Levi’s 3G slider handset available exclusively on Orange France
It looks like Levi’s is back at it with another fashion-branded handset. Following on the Levi’s handsets designed by Modelabs, the famous jean-maker has launched another handset in France. This time around, France’s Orange network will be the exclusive provider for the 3G-toting mobile phone slider. By the looks of it, the only “fashion” forward…
LG Viewty – Now available on Orange in Purple
The media-centric, touchscreen beauty that is the LG Viewty has taken to the French wireless market with an interesting new color. Touted as an exclusive color, the UK’s Orange has launched the LG Viewty in Purple. With a 5 megapixel camera, Xenon flash, full-body touchscreen, and HSDPA, the LG Viewty doesn’t need some fancy color…
Orange France working with Apple to cut iPhone price, boost iPhone sales ahead of 3G iPhone launch
It looks like French iPhone hopefuls are next in line to see a drop in the price of current-generation iPhones. Reports are pointing towards Apple working with Orange France to offer subsidies for the iPhone. As it stands, Orange is not allowed to offer any purchase subsidies on the iPhone, but with the 3G iPhone…
Next-gen Advertising: Orange’s view
MobiAD News has conducted an interview with Pascal Thomas, mobile visionary and VP of Orange NExT (the mobile media division of France Telecom Orange), on advertising through social networks. You can read the full interview here, but here are some of the highlights: Segmentation – the traditional view is that all subs fit in to…
Orange announces ‘Cinema Series’ On-demand TV for Mobiles & PCs
Orange (France) is to roll out a new Mobile service later in 2008 that apparently is going to have 6 TV channels and VoD (Video On Demand) for TV, PC, and most importantly, Mobile! Orange made the “convergence” announcement at the MIPTV 2008 event held in Cannes – logical really, since IPTV in many ways…
Orange announces eBay as partner
Orange has announced that it will integrate eBay on a range of it’s Singature devices – the first jointly-branded app it will have offered. The app will allow Orange customers to manage bids, and also view new listings, via the Signature range homescreen. I imagine this is some kind of expanding widget, but details are…