France Telecom was established in 1988 under the division of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. On Jan. 1, 1991 France Telecom became an autonomous provider of public service, acting both as a telecom service provider and a telecom network operator.

Through its major international brands, including Orange, Wanadoo, Equant and GlobeCast, France Telecom today provides consumers, businesses, and other carriers with a complete portfolio of communications solutions, including local, long-distance and international telephony, wireless, Internet, multimedia, data, broadcast.

France Telecom, through Orange Business Services, provides communications solutions to multinational corporations in the Asia-Pacific region. Singapore is Orange Business Services' regional headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region.

Listed on both the Paris and New York stock exchanges, France Telecom is the second largest wireless operator and Internet access provider in Europe.

The group employs about 220,000 people, with over 147 million customers worldwide.

This company is listed in Networking & Communications, Services.

Financials

Fiscal year-end Dec. 31	FY06	FY05	FY04	FY03	FY02
Global full-year revenue (US$millions)	—	61,621.0	58,002.0	57,956.0	58,595.0
Global full-year net income (US$millions)	—	7,992.0	4,034.0	4,685.0	-26,270.0

Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years	1.74 %
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years	67.35 %
Percentage of revenue from Asia	—
Percentage of Asian revenues from channel	—

Operations:

Founded	France/1988
First Asian office	—
Global employees	220,000
Employees in Asia	—
Asian countries: Total 9	China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand
Notes	France Telecom was established in 1988 under the division of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. On Jan. 1, 1991, France Telecom became an autonomous provider of public service, acting both as a telecom service provider and a telecom network operator. * Data correct as at September 2006. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites, and Hoover's. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities.

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