ORANGE LAUNCHES FLEXIBLE PAY AS YOU CONSUME OFFERING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES

London, January 12 2009: Orange today launched Flexible Workforce, a ‘pay as you consume' plan for small and medium business customers. Flexible Workforce provides small and medium businesses that have contract employees, conduct their business at temporary fixed off-site locations, have unpredictable/low mobility requirements or require access to a shared resource, with more adaptable tariff options.

Martin Lyne, Director of SME, Orange UK, said ‘No one needs to be told of the detrimental effects the recession is having on business in the UK at present. We are particularly conscious of the uncertainties affecting our smaller business customers and we need to ensure we provide flexibility in our plans to help support their changing communications needs. As the only operator to provide such an alternative we feel confident that Flexible Workforce will assist SME's to better weather these economic conditions.'

Available to existing business customers who already have two or more contract subscribers, Flexible Workforce has been designed to address the following concerns of businesses fighting back in order to beat the recession:

• Provides flexibility around fluctuations in workforce numbers/locations for seasonal/project based businesses

• Tackles unpredictable future requirements - so no monthly line-rental contract is required and therefore minimal commitment needed. This will give customers greater control over their costs which will be in direct relationship to usage patterns

• Enables shared resource for staff who will only have sporadic non-essential needs for use of a mobile phone for business purposes

• Customers will be able to manage their cash flow better as payment is made in arrears of use. This means costs do not have to be absorbed ahead of any incoming revenue

• This is a resource that is always available. Therefore if a SME makes the decision to use Flexible Workforce for last minute freelance help etc, deployment is rapid

• There are no requirements for top-up payments

• Billing is simple with Flexible Workforce subscribers receiving a monthly statement for managing their business costs efficiently

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About Orange

Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves more than 177 million customers in five continents as of September 30, 2008, of which two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of 52.9 billion euros in 2007 and 39.9 billion euros for the nine first months of 2008. As of September 30, 2008, the Group had 117.6 million mobile customers and 12.4 million broadband Internet (ADSL) customers.

Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) will enable the Group to pursue its transformation as an integrated operator and make France Telecom the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe. In 2006, Orange became the Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates, and Orange Business Services the banner for services offered to businesses worldwide. France Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.

France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartiment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange.

For more information: http://www.orange.com, http://www.francetelecom.com, http://www.orange-business.com

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