Orange first to bring BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 to UK pay as you go market

• Orange extends its pre-pay BlackBerry® range by offering the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone in addition to existing BlackBerry Pearl™ 8120
• All new Orange pay as you go customers to receive six months free email and web browsing when they choose any Orange pay as you go BlackBerry

Orange today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone exclusively on pay as you go. The offering builds on the success of the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone, which Orange introduced on pay as you go earlier this year, the easy-to-use Curve will be priced at £249.99, providing consumers with a rich multimedia experience at their finger tips.

Also announced today, Orange is offering new customers taking a pay as you go BlackBerry® smartphone*, six months of free email and web browsing. After this time, customers can take out Orange’s pay as you go BlackBerry Internet Service for just £5 a month on a rolling monthly subscription.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone delivers expanded functionality and reliability and its refined design makes it easy for one or two-handed use. It is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry® smartphone and features a striking 480x360 pixel display that offers up crisp and vivid content. Fully equipped with GPS, Wi-Fi® , a 3.2 megapixel camera that can also record video**, and an expandable memory slot supporting up to 16GB, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone allows users to balance work, life and everything in between.

Pippa Dunn, Director of Pay As You Go, Orange UK said, “We were the first to launch the BlackBerry Pearl on pay as you go in the UK and we’re delighted to extend our range to include the BlackBerry Curve 8900 - the first BlackBerry with a full QWERTY keyboard on pay as you go. With free email and web browsing for six months and at a great price of £249.99, we’re offering customers even better value.”

With the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone, customers can choose any of the existing animal packages with talk or text rewards, plus with Bright Top Ups, they have the chance to win a fantastic prize every time they top up.

Please visit www.orange.co.uk/shop or your nearest Orange store for further information.

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Notes to Editors

*Offer available until 30th June

**Video recording requires a microSD card, which may be sold separatel

Review handsets available on request

BlackBerry Internet Service can only be used in the UK, any roaming data use will be charged at the standard pay as you go roaming charges

The offer is available on all pay as you go animal packages

Existing Orange pay as you go customers wanting to upgrade to a pay as you go BlackBerry handset should check their Phone Fund to see how much money Orange can put towards this.

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 For further information, call the Orange press office on 0870 373 1500 or email: Orangepr@golinharris.com or visit www.orange.co.uk/newsroom

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