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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 28 March 1994 |
| Defunct | 1 April 2010 (as a company) February 2015 (as a brand) March 2019 (discontinuation of service) |
| Fate | Merged with T-Mobile UK |
| Successor | EE |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom |
| Products | Telecommunications products and services |
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| Website | orange.co.uk at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-01-20) |
Orange UK was a mobile network operator and internet service provider in the United Kingdom, launched in 1994. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was purchased by France Télécom (now Orange S.A.) in 2000, which then adopted the Orange brand for all its other mobile communications activities. Orange UK merged with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile UK to form a joint venture, EE in 2010. EE continued to operate the Orange brand until February 2015, when new connections and upgrades on Orange tariffs were withdrawn. Existing Orange customers could continue on their plans until March 2019.