Orange cuts Mobile Broadband costs for Business Customers

Orange has cut the price of its Business Everywhere mobile broadband packages, making them the most cost effective broadband packages on the market. Between May 1st – July 31st, existing SME voice customers who take on a new Business Everywhere plan will receive a massive discount of up to 50% giving them unlimited¹ mobile broadband access from just £7.50 a month.

In a separate offer, all new customers who sign up during this time will receive a £5 discount on their bill every month, meaning unlimited mobile broadband from as little as £10 a month.

Even after the offers ends, business customers can sign up to Business Everywhere Unlimited for just £15 a month on a 24 month contract or Business Everywhere Traveller, which includes 25MB of roaming allowance, for just £35.

The offer also includes more mobile HSUPA broadband devices² for business than any other operator. These devices enable customers to send information up to four times faster than existing 3G+ devices. Supporting download speeds of up to 7.2Mb/s these include the:

• ZTE MF636 dongle
• Huawei E870 PC Express Card
• Option GX301 PCMCIA Card

“Mobile broadband has really taken off across all industries and business sizes. In fact, our own research shows that a key driver for customers adopting mobile broadband has been the growing desire to stay in control and stay on top of business opportunities, while on the move if necessary. Not only have our price plans been restructured to help make mobile broadband even more affordable, but a fresh range of three new devices offer a more secure, accessible and hassle-free way of working on the move,”  commented, Paul Tollet, Vice President Business, Orange UK.

All business devices come with the Business Everywhere connection manager giving a quick and simple mobile broadband experience out of the box but also providing powerful IT administration and corporate security features. For larger businesses in particular the level of security features and IT customisation available is unique in the market.

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Notes to editors:

¹ Subject to a fair use policy

² For more information on Orange mobile broadband devices please visit www.orange.co.uk/businesseverywhere

About Orange

Orange is the key brand of the France Telecom Group, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. With 123 million customers, the Orange brand now covers Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the Group operates.

At the end of 2008, France Telecom had consolidated sales of 53.5 billion euros (12.7 billion euros for the first quarter of 2009) and at 29 April 2009, the Group had a customer base of almost 184 million customers in 30 countries. These include 123 million mobile customers worldwide and 13 million broadband Internet (ADSL) customers in Europe. Orange is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.

In the UK, Orange provides high quality GSM coverage to 99% of the UK population. At the end of March 2009, Orange had almost 17 million customers in the UK – 15.8 million active mobile customers and close to 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.

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

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