France Telecom news from FierceWireless:Europe

Thierry Breton, the former French Finance Minister and ex-CEO of France Telecom (FT), is being widely tipped as the leading candidate to take the helm of Alcatel-Lucent (AlcaLu) following the sudden Read more...

With penetration reaching over 120 per cent, Vodafone Spain just managed to outperform the market leader, Telefonica, during Q1/08 by recruiting (on a proportionate basis) more users. Telefonica Read more...

Having failed to gain an entry into new markets with the collapse of its bid for TeliaSonera, France Telecom (FT) mobile arm Orange has moved on and is evaluating the Vietnamese market, a country, it Read more...

Having forced TeliaSonera to a make decision, the bid of US$42 billion made by France Telecom (FT) has been rejected by the Scandinavian operator as insufficient. The share price of FT rose by over Read more...

Sources within the Ghanaian Ministry of Finance have revealed that Vodafone is set to acquire Ghana Telecom (GT) for US$960 million. The deal, which has yet to be announced, will see 66.7 per cent of Read more...

Despite financial analysts downgrading the likelihood of a successful conclusion, France Telecom (FT) is said to be asking TeliaSonera to accept its US$42 billion merger offer by the end of this Read more...