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Report: France Telecom targets South Africa for brand awareness campaign
France Telecom Orange has assembled a small team to build the company's brand in countries where it currently has no operations, according to a Les Echos report .
France's Iliad gets $251M to expand its broadband network reach
Iliad, the France-based competitive telco that delivers services via the Free brand, on Monday received €200 million ($251 million) to expand its FTTH and ADSL2+ networks from the European Investment Bank.
Euro meltdown hits operators' wallets
European operators are struggling on two fronts: escalating economic challenges within the Euro-Zone countries, and intense competition in a region where the market is saturated. The latest quarterly results announced by France Telecom and Telefónica provide insight into the impact these two factors are causing at a group level.
French government fights telecom sector layoffs
The French government says it will not accept companies like Bouygues Telecom and Vivendi's SFR using job cuts to cope with a price war now under way in the French mobile sector, and will present measures it hopes will prevent layoffs.
France Telecom ex-CEO Lombard charged with harassment in employee suicides
As government officials continue to look into the suicides of 32 France Telecom employees that occurred in 2008 and 2009, the spotlight has landed squarely on former CEO Didier Lombard, who was charged Wednesday with harassment by government investigators, Bloomberg reported.
Salanave: How French operators are adjusting to 'the new normal'
Nearly six months after Free Mobile's commercial launch, every week brings further aftershocks to the seismic shift it has triggered. The new French mobile market landscape has not stabilized yet and the operational transitions initiated could pave the way to broader capitalistic adjustments at both Bouygues and SFR, and even at the European level.
NFC gains foothold, with 1M handsets sold in France
Pioneering efforts by the four main French operators have seen over one million NFC-enabled handsets sold in less than two years, making France the European leader in mobile contactless services.
Orange to build FTTH network in Spain
Orange Spain plans to build out a FTTH network that will be capable of delivering 100 Mbps speeds to homes and businesses in the country's major cities.
Report: Everything Everywhere could face £8B takeover bid
Private equity firms KKR and Apax are reportedly negotiating with Everything Everywhere's (EE) parent companies France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom over a possible £8 billion bid to acquire the UK's largest mobile operator.
NSN, Everything Everywhere agree to global M2M deal
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Everything Everywhere (EE) have agreed to a partnership deal to focus on providing vending machine owners with M2M services.
