Orange, which has the largest stake in French online video portal Dailymotion, is reportedly in talks with Microsoft(s msft) over a potential partnership. Regulators in France nixed a previous attempt to… Read more »
The carrier group is being unusually smart about taking on the threat of rivals like WhatsApp and Viber, offering one major thing they don’t: the ability to communicate outside the walled… Read more »
Orange is already a big G-Cluster customer, offering a rebadged version of the Japanese firm’s cloud gaming services to its Orange TV customers in France. Read more »
The British carrier EE, which got a headstart on its rivals in offering high-speed 4G/LTE mobile broadband, said on Tuesday that it now has over 2 million 4G subscribers. What’s more,… Read more »
What does a national cloud look like? In France’s case, it looks like two fairly similar ventures — one based on OpenStack and the other soon to follow in its footsteps… Read more »
The multinational-targeting cloud platform is currently based on in-house technology, but France Telecom’s business services arm is considering options such as OpenStack for the future. Read more »
Orange’s Skype-and-WhatsApp rival is gaining functionality and reach for users around the world, with particular benefits for customers of certain Orange carriers. Read more »
The link between Paris and Lyon is the first operational deployment of long-distance 400 Gbps wavelength fiber connectivity, with its first tester being France’s educational and research network, Renater. Read more »
Mobile operators have treated Skype as a threat for years. Now they’re going to profit off it by allowing customers to buy Skype Credit directly through their phone bill or pre-paid… Read more »
Paris-based eNovance will resell Inktank’s Ceph services and the two companies apparently already have a mystery customer. And, quelle surprise! eNovance is also deeply involved in a government-sponsored project to rival… Read more »