Orange Business Services Earns Top Rating in IP Telephony, According to Current Analysis

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PARIS--(Business Wire)--
The latest Current Analysis IP Telephony Product Assessment report
rated Orange Business Services above its competitors in Europe.

Current Analysis rated Orange Business Services by studying its
converged telephony offers Business Talk and Enterprise Telephony.
Some of the strengths cited by Current Analysis include:

-- service reach: customers benefit from a single global provider
for consistent voice service worldwide because Orange Business
Services provides VoIP in 102 countries with Business Talk and
IP Telephony service in more than 150 countries with
Enterprise Telephony, surpassing all other competitors.

-- local voice services: with service available now in Austria
and the Netherlands, Orange Business Services also leads in
local voice service. These countries join Belgium, France,
Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Local
voice coverage will expand soon to include Italy, with service
to 14 countries by year's end. Customers find this service
attractive when they want to expand outside of their
headquarter country and need a partner that can provide all
their voice services including local and international voice
services.

-- PSTN interconnects: in 33 countries, PSTN interconnects give
customers the benefit of best cost routing to the PSTN and
in-bound applications like Contact Center and switched access.

-- mobile access: this fixed-mobile convergence service is made
possible by the PSTN interconnects. Users of mobile access can
route their mobile-originated, international calls over the
Business Talk service and benefit from substantially reduced
costs. End-users do nothing different, and the service works
with any mobile service. This service is launched today in 22
countries.

Unified Communications, service management, robust SLAs &
reporting, and competitive pricing round out the strengths cited in
the report. Dustin Kehoe, principal analyst, Current Analysis, said:
"Orange Business Services' IP Telephony solution is threatening to
competitors. An early mover in the European VoIP market, the company
offers the most extensive global IP Telephony offer, plus depth by
providing local telephony services in eight countries and fixed-mobile
convergence in 22 countries. Orange Business Services continues to
earn its top rating for IP Telephony in Europe."

The report confirms that we offer "unsurpassed IP Telephony." To
date, we provide service for more than 450 multinational corporations
at 7,000-plus sites and manage over 200,000 IP phones worldwide. These
services, based on IP convergence, allow customers to centrally manage
their telephony, lower telephony costs, reduce risk in migrating to IP
telephony and prepare for unified communications.

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About Orange

Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world's
leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves more than
170 million customers in five continents as of Dec. 31, 2007, of which
two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of
52.9 billion euros in 2007. As of Dec. 31, 2007, the Group had 109.6
million mobile customers and 11.6 million broadband internet (ADSL)
customers.

Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in
Telecommunications) will enable the Group to pursue its transformation
as an integrated operator and make France Telecom the benchmark for
new telecommunications services in Europe. In 2006, Orange became the
Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in
the majority of countries where the company operates, and Orange
Business Services the banner for services offered to businesses
worldwide. France Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the
number one provider of broadband internet services in Europe and one
of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to
multinational companies.

France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris and on the
New York Stock Exchange.

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

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

Orange Business Services - Global, Europe & Asia Pacific
Frederic Gielec, +33-1-46-46-2189
frederic.gielec@orange-ftgroup.com
or
Orange Business Services - Americas
Elizabeth Mayeri, +1-212-251-2086
elizabeth.mayeri@orange-ftgroup.com
or
Orange
Carolyn Owen, +44-7891-641-008
carolyn.owen@orange-ftgroup.com
or
Fabienne Moiteaux, +33-1-44-44-93-93
fabienne.moiteaux@orange-ftgroup.com

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