Mobile operator and broadband provider, Orange, has recently announced its financial results for the second quarter of this year.
It has emerged that once again the company witnessed its home broadband subscriber base decrease, this time from 726,000 (which was reported in the Q1 results) to the current number of 716,000.
However, it is worth mentioning that the loss is not as vast as reported in quarters before this.
As a brief illustration, it can be pointed out that in the last quarter of the previous year Orange lost 25,000 customers (from…
Edita Lozovska - 28 July 2011 | comments. Read more
It has recently been said that Everything Everywhere (EE, T-Mobile and Orange) should not have the option to make profits from trading additional mobile spectrum, according to the MPs.
The Telegraph reported that the company could be looking at digits such as £450m if it was to sell 25 per cent of its 1,800MHz spectrum.
This week, Ofcom confirmed that mobile broadband providers will be allowed to trade spectrum in order to boost performance and coverage.
It has also been underlined that one of the conditions of the merger of T-Mobile and…
Edita Lozovska - 24 June 2011 | comments. Read more
Orange’s parent company, France Telecom (FT) predicts some gloom for the broadband consumer as it warns that ISPs might have to raise prices for their services.
According to the General Secretary of the FT, the UK branch of which recently joined forces with T-Mobile and formed Everything Everywhere, consumers demand for data has been increasingly sharply and thus broadband providers must upgrade their infrastructure capabilities with investments.
The Daily Telegraph reported that the number of online gamers and video streamers has grown substantially putting a tremendous amount of pressure on ISPs.
Mr…
Chris Mizon - 27 May 2011 | comments. Read more
According to research conducted by Ofcom, O2 in fact may be the best mobile broadband provider in the UK, the BBC reported.
The telecoms watchdog announced that broadband offered by O2 was nearly three times faster than the provider which scored least points, Orange.
O2 is able to offer mobile broadband speeds up to nearly 3Mbps although the average is 1.5Mbps and 2.1Mbps in areas with better coverage.
O2 not only offered better mobile broadband but it also had lower average latency than other mobile broadband providers.
O2’s chief of technology, Derek McManus,…
Anna Sheldrick - 26 May 2011 | comments. Read more
Yet another step to convert the UK from 3G to 4G, as Everything Everywhere (the merger between T-Mobile and Orange) and BT team up to kick start LTE (Long-Term-Evolution) technology trials in South Newquay (Cornwall) UK.
It has been said that the expected download speeds that will be reached during the trials are to be roughly up to 1Gbps.
The spectrum that will be used in the trial is going to be the 800MHz frequency band and the trial is to commence this September and finish roughly at some point in…
Chris Mizon - 25 May 2011 | comments. Read more
It seems that Orange keeps on treating and not in any way tricking its customers, as it continues its latest promotional venture.
The ISP and mobile operator has recently extended its “No Tricks Just Treats” campaign and is now offering its Home Broadband and Off-Peak Calls free for the first three months.
The standard price for the package would be £7.50 per month, which means new customers would save as much as £22.50.
The package is as follows:
Orange Broadband & Off Peak Calls
* Up to 20Mbps Download Speed
* Unlimited Usage (FUP)
* FREE…
Geoff Slaughter - 23 May 2011 | comments. Read more
Orange RockCorps, the brainchild of Orange, 25,000 volunteers (the same number as TalkTalk’s lost broadband customers in the latest quarter) and 32 London’s boroughs, is to be held at the Wembley Arena on the 12th of July.
Music fanatics can expect artists such as Primal Scream, Eliza Doolittle, Jessie J among numerous other performers – Orange promised a line-up to die for.
Stephen Greene, CEO and co-founder of RockCorps, was reported as saying that:
“We are going to Wembley! We couldn’t have believed how the people of Britain would respond when we…
Chris Mizon - 19 May 2011 | comments. Read more
Orange UK has recently launched a fresh campaign to raise awareness about the benefits of its fixed-line home broadband services.
Wittily called, No Tricks Just Treats, the advert is ready to direct the company’s “renewed focus on making its home broadband service best in class”, by clearing all the rules, this includes “transparent pricing, and great rewards”.
Orange’s MD for Home Broadband, Sylvain Thevenot, was quoted as saying:
“With so many different price plans and packages available in the market, it’s important that consumers get to see exactly what they are paying…
Chris Mizon - 11 May 2011 | comments. Read more
For those who don’t like anyone else’s hands on their smarties other than their own, a great option has come from Orange and Motorola.
Motorola ATRIX is the first smartphone which has a so-called biometric fingerprint reader which will ensure that you will be the sole user of the handset – so make sure you keep your finger safe and undamaged if you want to enter the system.
Nicola Shenton, Head of Device Portfolio, Orange UK said:
“This really is the ultimate smart phone for gadget fans packed full of tech wizardry…
Edita Lozovska - 6 May 2011 | comments. Read more
It seems that the CEO of Everything Everywhere, owner of Orange and T-Mobile, is quite confident that the business within the company is running smoothly.
The Chief Executive, Tom Alexander, recently commented that the firm has made a lot of progress as a joint-venture and has “significant momentum” in the stars, as it creates the UK’s first super-network.
According to him, Everything Everywhere is “fully confident” and is more than ready to achieve both of its commercial as well as financial goals that it has already set for itself.
He also said…
Geoff Slaughter - 5 May 2011 | comments. Read more
