Orange take over

ps2wizz · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:09

hi people i went in to a phone shiop today looking to get a new phone ect, and i asked the salesman what networks i would like to consider. and one of the networks was Orange. and straight away he said that i shouldnt go with orange because they were being brourght out by anotyher company. which shocked me a little because i have not herad anything about that.

has anyone heard anything about this?

Immsy · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:13

France Telecom == Orange

csmager · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:26

I thought that happened ages ago? I'm still with them. No complaints.

Airax · 10 Mar 2006 at 19:43

ps2wizz said:
hi people i went in to a phone shiop today looking to get a new phone ect, and i asked the salesman what networks i would like to consider. and one of the networks was Orange. and straight away he said that i shouldnt go with orange because they were being brourght out by anotyher company. which shocked me a little because i have not herad anything about that.

has anyone heard anything about this?

There are two explainations:
1)Well maybe the guy in the shop knows something the entire mobile industry has some how passed by?

2) He/She knows nothing, heard some snippt on something and assumed Orange were being bought out. Orange were bought out a while ago by France Telecom, but thats about it.

Personally, never shop in the store again. If they can't get something this simple right the mind boggles. Hope it wasn't a Link store...

Tunney · 10 Mar 2006 at 20:23

I haven't heard a thing about Orange being taken over.

Maybe the sales rep was getting Orange confused with O2, who are in the middle of being bought out by Telefonica.

Kappa · 10 Mar 2006 at 20:43

AFAIK telefonica have already bought o2,

but to be honest, even if they were to be taken over, I doubt anything serious would happen to your service in the life of your contract (12-18 months)

Raptor · 10 Mar 2006 at 21:53

Airax said:
There are two explainations:
1)Well maybe the guy in the shop knows something the entire mobile industry has some how passed by?

2) He/She knows nothing, heard some snippt on something and assumed Orange were being bought out. Orange were bought out a while ago by France Telecom, but thats about it.

Personally, never shop in the store again. If they can't get something this simple right the mind boggles. Hope it wasn't a Link store...

or

3) They get higher commision from a different network

fluiduk · 12 Mar 2006 at 11:42

You have hit the nail on the head raptor. Independents get more money for certain networks, IIRC t-mobile are acquisition crazy at the moment and as such have probably hiked their commission and margin payments.

Orange is not about to be taken over. It is owned by france telecom and they arent likely to let it go as Orange is keeping france telecom afloat.

juno_first · 12 Mar 2006 at 22:25

I thought Orange was small fry, based on their share price and T-mobile's latest tariffs built around money instead of minutes seam a little desperate.

Stretch · 13 Mar 2006 at 01:02

Raptor said:
or

3) They get higher commision from a different network

The cynic inside me believes that you’re probably right.

Kappa · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:32

juno_first said:
I thought Orange was small fry, based on their share price and T-mobile's latest tariffs built around money instead of minutes seam a little desperate.

Cant really trust share prices, because theres always some shiftyness affecting it, Vodafones share price is only around 150p and I think oranges is about 640p? (am I right?) but Vodafone are the largest network due to turnover.

Drazic · 14 Mar 2006 at 23:47

Get french mobile contract now, a dude @ work has and he gets shead loads of extras and all for 25 euro, more than 02 busines