Orange offers free BlackBerry Internet Service to business customers

Orange is taking a major step to help its business customers in these challenging economic times.

Customers who sign up to the BlackBerry® Internet Service (BIS) in February or March this year will receive the service completely free for the life of their mobile voice contract on select Orange business tariffs. Available to new and existing customers, the offer is available on all Blackberry devices and will make it much easier and cost-effective for customers to stay in touch when on the move.

“We recognise the continuing tough times ahead for all our customers and the fact that mobile technology is actually no longer a luxury for many businesses but a necessity. With that in mind, this offer is designed to give our customers a bit of a financial break and help them stay in touch while alleviating the need of worrying about their bill for a little while,” commented, Martin Lyne, Director of small and medium business, Orange UK.

BlackBerry Internet Service is an easy, cost-effective way for customers to keep in touch with their business matters through the use of mobile-email and web browsing. The extremely popular service for both business and personal use means that access to data and people is available whenever the user wishes.

From the 2nd February customers can take up the offer with Business Solo, Business Infinity or a £35+ Consumer talkplan, subject to a 12 month contract. On April 1st the service will revert to its normal monthly charge of £4.25 ex VAT.

For further information, please visit: www.orange.co.uk/business/bis

For more information contact:

Orange UK Press Office t: 0870 373 1500 e: orangepr@golinharris.com

About Orange

Orange is a key brand of the France Telecom Group, providing mobile, broadband, fixed, business and entertainment services across Europe. It is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators with more than 182 million customers on five continents.

In June, 2006, Orange became the single brand for mobile, broadband and multi-play offers. In addition, Orange Business Services became the new banner for business communications solutions. Orange Business Services is present in 166 countries with network reach in 220.

In the UK, Orange provides high quality GSM coverage to 99% of the UK population. At the end of December 2008, Orange had about 17 million customers in the UK – 15.9 million active mobile customers and over one million fixed broadband customers.

Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Personal Communications Services Limited.

Further information about Orange can be found on the Orange website at http://www.orange.co.uk or the France Telecom group international website at http://www.orange.com and http://www.francetelecom.com

For further information, call the Orange press office on 0870 373 1500 or email: Orangepr@golinharris.com