The billionth phone card is sold

  1. The billionth phone card is sold

  2. Itinéris, Official sponsor and long-standing technical partner of the Tour de France

  3. Acquisition of the mobile telephone operator Orange, a brand created in 1994

  4. Launch of Orange in the Dominican Republic

  5. Unbundling and opening-up of the local loop to the competition

  6. Global first: surgical operation performed remotely by a surgeon located in New York on a patient in Strasbourg, using our very high-speed réseaus

  7. Creation of Equant, a company resulting from the merger of Equant and Global One, in which France Télécom holds 54.2%, the new company establishes itself as the worldwide leader in IP data services for the multinational corporate market

  8. First UMTS calls, the beginning of 3G

  9. France Télécom Mobile brands (Itinéris, OLA) are replaced by the Orange brand

  10. Globtel in Slovakia, Mobil-Rom in Romania, Ivoiris in Ivory Coast and Mobilis in Cameroon become Orange