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The mobile telephone operations of Orange plc were merged with the majority of the mobile operations of France Télécom, forming the new group Orange S.A. On 13 February 2001, Orange S.A. was listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange with an initial public offering of €95 per share, with a secondary listing in London. [ 24 ]
Telecommunications in France are highly developed. France is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and includes roaming service to foreign countries.
As of December 2013, it was France's fourth largest mobile operator, having gained a 12% share of the market. [ 2 ] On August 1, 2014, Iliad SA publicly announced a bid to acquire a 56% stake in the United States wireless carrier T-Mobile US for US$16 billion.
Bouygues Telecom S.A. (French pronunciation: [bwiɡ telekɔm]) is a French mobile phone, Internet service provider and IPTV company, part of the Bouygues group. It is the third oldest mobile network operator in France, after Orange and SFR, and before Free Mobile, and provides 2G GSM, 3G UMTS, 4G LTE and 5G NR services.
SFR was founded in 1987 in order for its then-parent company Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE) to start offering a 1G mobile phone service using the modified Nordic telecommunications standard NMT-F, to be operated in competition with the then-telephony incumbent France Télécom's Radiocom 2000 network.
Launched in France on 3 April 2006, Virgin Mobile was the fifth mobile operator on the French market and the first MVNO by number of subscribers, with over 2 million customers. Chaired by Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux , Virgin Mobile was commercialized by OMEA TELECOM, a joint venture between Virgin Group and Carphone Warehouse before it was bought ...
1882: A telephone company—an American Bell Telephone Company affiliate—is set up in Mexico City. 14 May 1883: The Adelaide exchange was opened, with 48 subscribers. [15] 7 September 1883: The Port Adelaide exchange was opened, with 21 subscribers. [15] 4 September 1884: Opening of telephone service between New York and Boston (235 miles). [23]
Mobile phone penetration in Europe based on available data between 2009 and 2012: ... France has 75.5 million subscribers in total, or a 115.2% penetration rate ...