Orange refreshes its consumer and business laptop range

• Business customers offered five new laptops and access to the UK’s largest and most reliable integrated 2/3G network for mobile data
• New price plans for consumers introduced offering greater flexibility and choice
• Orange to offer the Samsung N310 exclusively with Orange Internet Everywhere to UK consumers for a limited time only

London, June 23, 2009: Orange today announced a refresh of its consumer and business connected laptop offerings, in a move designed to offer UK customers greater choice, making it even easier for them to get online and access the content they want.

“Whether at home, at work, or on the road, people need the right tools to stay in touch. Our new laptop range is designed to reflect the way individuals work and live – giving them the ability to send emails, surf the web or access multimedia applications across the UK’s largest and most reliable integrated 2/3G mobile broadband network¹”, commented François Mahieu, Director of Devices at Orange.

Business

Business customers now have even greater flexibility and choice, allowing them to select from a range of manufacturers including HP,Toshiba and ASUS. Priced between £30 to £45 per month (inc. VAT), users are able to pick from laptops with embedded SIM cards or have a separate dongle to enable mobile internet access. Businesses that choose the HP laptops can pay part or all of the cost upfront, or throughout the course of their contract; helping them to better manage their IT spend.

Business customers will also benefit from an unlimited UK data allowance², a 150 text message bundle for use with the laptop, and monthly roaming add-on data bundles, which let people keep in touch when abroad without having to worry about their bill.

Customers can also choose a payment method to best suit their needs, helping them stay in tighter control of their finances. The broad range of models (available through Telesales or from your Orange Business Sales team) makes it easy to choose a laptop for every user’s needs and includes the:

• ASUS Eee PC 1000H GO with embedded SIM card
• Compaq Mini 110 with Huawei E160 dongle
• Toshiba L300 with Huawei E160 dongle
• HP 4515s with ZTE MF636 dongle
• HP 6735b with embedded SIM card

Consumer

Orange is also adding the latest netbook from Samsung, the N310, to its consumer connected range for a limited time only. Available from the Orange online store while stocks last, the uniquely designed N310 comes equipped with a 10.2” screen, integrated webcam and weighs in at just 1.23kg. Starting from £24.47 per month on a 24 month contract with a one off charge of £99, the N310 is available for purchase immediately.

The Samsung N310 is being introduced alongside changes to Orange's consumer laptop price plans. The new plans will allow customers the freedom to choose between a 1GB, 3GB or 5GB mobile data allowance as well as an 18 or 24 month contract length, so they can choose a package and price plan that is best suited to their needs. For more information, visit: www.orange.co.uk/business/laptops or to learn more about the refreshed consumer laptop price plans please visit: www.orange.co.uk/shop

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Notes to editor

1 - Rated No 1 mobile broadband network for reliability in independent YouGov ‘Dongle Tracker’ report April 2009. Reliability rankings exclude MVNOs; survey included 2083 respondents.

2 - Subject to fair use policy. Up to 5GB per month Where roaming is not included in the plan it costs £2.55 per MB in business zones 1-2 and £5.50 per MB in business zones 3-7. WiFi is not included and wifi pricing is described at www.orange.co.uk/wifi.

3 - Laptop specifications, service plan details and terms are described at www.orange.co.uk/business/laptops. Laptops subject to change and availability.

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