Orange S.A.

This article is about the French telecommunications company. For the former British mobile network operator the company is named after, see Orange UK.
Orange S.A.
FormerlyFrance Télécom S.A.
Company typePublic
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1 January 1988; 36 years ago (1988-01-01)
HeadquartersIssy-les-Moulineaux, France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease €43.47 billion (2023)[2]
Increase €4.80 billion (2023)[2]
Increase €2.62 billion (2023)[2]
Total assetsIncrease €109.65 billion (2023)[2]
Total equityDecrease €34.96 billion (2023)[2]
OwnersFrench State (23%)[3]
Number of employees
132,002 (2021)[2]
Subsidiaries
ASN
Website

Orange S.A. (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɑ̃ʒ]) (formerly France Télécom S.A., stylised as france telecom) is a French multinational telecommunications corporation founded in 1988 and headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris.

Orange has been the corporation's main brand for mobile, landline, internet and Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services since 2006. It traces its origins back to Hutchison Whampoa acquiring a controlling stake in Microtel Communications in 1994 in the United Kingdom. Microtel Communications became a subsidiary of Mannesmann in 1999 and then was acquired by France Télécom in 2000. The former French public monopoly thus became internationalized following this takeover and has pursued an expansionist policy since. The group is now operates in many countries in Europe, Africa and in the French West Indies. Since February 2012, as a result of the company's decision to transfer its fixed-line telephony activities being to its Orange brand, all offers marketed by France Télécom are Orange-branded; and on July 1, 2013, France Télécom itself was rebranded Orange S.A.. In 2019, Orange S.A. employed nearly 148,000 people worldwide, including 88,000 in France.[4][5]

The corporation has throughout the years expanded its activities to include content sales (music, cinema, downloads, etc.), e-commerce, online advertising, M2M, home automation and remote assistance solutions. In 2023, it generated over €43 billion in revenue across all its businesses.[6]

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  3. ^ 4-traders. "ORANGE SA company : Shareholders, managers and business summary".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Get to know us better". Orange Jobs. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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  6. ^ "FY 2023 Consolidated Financial Statement". gallery.orange.com. Retrieved 31 March 2024.