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France Telecom to deploy LTE across Europe by 2015

France Telecom CEO Stéphane Richard has committed the company to deploying LTE across its European operations by 2015. In a speech to members of the European Commission and Parliament and the

Free Mobile's network suffers from overload at evening peak times

Subscribers to Free Mobile have complained of connection problems during the peak hours of 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The latest network problem happened earlier this week with customers being unable to make

France Telecom CEO Richard rages at EC over hints of collusion

France Telecom (FT) CEO Stéphane Richard has hit back at the suggestion made by the European Commission (EC) that FT and four other major European telcos were colluding on standardisation

Is the European Commission right to question the E5 group?

The anger expressed by France Telecom CEO Stéphane Richard at the request from the European Commission (EC) for information on the meetings between Europe's top operators seems to be

EU may probe into possible collusion by Europe's top operators

Europe's biggest operators could face an investigation by the European Commission (EC) antitrust unit into possible collusion. In the first stage of a potential antitrust action, EC competition

Rumour Mill: Deutsche Telekom mulls selling Everything Everywhere stake

Deutsche Telekom (DT) is weighing its options to sell its 50 per cent holding in Everything Everywhere (EE), the UK mobile operator it jointly owns with France Telecom (FT), according to a Bloomberg

Facebook expands to African feature phones via Orange partnership

Facebook is teaming with France Telecom's mobile subsidiary Orange to deliver social networking capabilities to all phones across the operator's African footprint. Click here to watch a video

France Telecom warns Free Mobile over network abuse

France Telecom (FT) Orange is becoming increasingly concerned at the level of network congestion from Iliad's Free Mobile subscribers on its network, and has cautioned its roaming partner it will

FT Orange could spend €1.5B on Egyptian buyout

France Telecom (FT) Orange is looking to spend €1.5 billion to increase its holding in Mobinil, Egypt's largest mobile operator by revenue. The French operator has reached a preliminary

Free Mobile's impact--we should have seen it coming

The upheaval that Iliad's Free Mobile continues to cause within the French mobile operators' business is both remarkable and instructive. First, why didn't the other French operators realise that