The Orange group is one of the world’s largest mobile communications companies and a subsidiary of the France Telecom group, with operations in 16 countries across Europe and beyond. It provides a broad range of personal communications services, including Orange GSM1800 services and other digital cellular telephone services.
As at the end of June 2005, Orange controlled companies had over 56.1 million customers worldwide, including 14.46 million active customers in the UK and over 21.4 million registered customers in France.