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Orange Confirms iPhone Launch – Analyst Blog
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France Telecom’s (FTE) subsidiary Orange UK has revealed the iPhone launch date as the carrier will officially unveil the iconic handset in the UK on Nov. 10, 2009. Moreover, the operator has also released pricing and tariff details for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, which will be sold through direct retail distribution channels including on-line stores, shops and telesales channels.

Orange will sell the iPhone to consumer and business customers through various price plans such as "pay as you go" (PAYG) and "pay monthly" basis. Under the PAYG plan, customers who top up £50 ($82) at purchase wil< />< />< />< /><><><><><><>< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
By  StraightStocks   (-6.57%  risk: moderate)  11/03/09 Comment


FTE Hurt by Economy & FX – Analyst Blog
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French telecom giant France Telecom (FTE) has reported operating results for third-quarter 2009 with revenue falling 6.4% year over year to €12.69 billion (US$18.1 billion), primarily due to unfavorable exchange rate fluctuations (British pound versus Polish zloty) and reduced mobile termination rates (inter-operator fees). Revenue was also hurt by the recession-driven discontinuation of landline phone use by customers.      

EBITDA & Margin

France Telecom, which operates two of the leading telecom brands in Europe (Orange and Wanadoo), reported EBITDA of €4.6 billion (US$6.6 billion)< /><><>< />< />< />< />< /><><><><>< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><><>< />< /><><>< />< />< />< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
By  StraightStocks   (-6.57%  risk: moderate)  10/30/09 Comment


Apple: Services Take Center Stage, Says UBS, Raises to Buy
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Hot on the heels of yesterday’s estimate increases for Apple () from Merrill Lynch and Oppenheimer, UBS Securities analyst Maynard Um today raised his rating on Apple from “Neutral” to “Buy” with a $265 target, up from $170.

<>The most interesting point of Um’s upgrade is that he believes Apple may extend its reach into services for various devices, primarily for delivering content to the iPhone and Macs, and for facilitating integration of Apple devices with social networking services. Um notes Apple’s capital expenditures have risen from $128 million in the year ending September of<><><><><><><><><><><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
By  Eric Savitz (Barron's)    10/02/09 Comment


Apple App Store Reach 2 Billion Downloads; China Unicom iPhone Sales Start Oct 1; Orange to Sell iPhone in UK
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Apple (AAPL) this morning announced its App Store for the iPhone and the iPod Touch has cross 2 billion application downloads, making it just six months since the first billion was announced on April 23rd. If the first billion downloads were achieved in 9 months, as announced in April, that would suggest Apple’s pace of downloads has accelerated this year. Which may be amazing or merely expected, given that the iPhone was put on sale for $99 in July. Apple said there are now 85,000 apps on the store for “50 million iPhone and iPod touch users worldwide.”

<>In related news, Reuters report...
By  Eric Savitz (Barron's)    09/28/09 Comment


France Telecom Moves To Stem Worker Suicides
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Now this has to be one of the weirdest stories of the day.

The French government is pushing France Telecom (FTE) to take measures to help workers better cope with a corporate reorganization that the the company’s unions say has triggered an outbreak of employee suicides.

<>As Bloomberg reports, unions say 23 France Telecom employees have killed themselves in the last 18 months, including a 32-year-old woman who plunged from a Paris office building on September 11. One day earlier, the company responded to a union demonstration by announcing a suspension of the reorganization until October 31,...
By  Eric Savitz (Barron's)    09/15/09 Comment



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