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S&P highlights French mobile operator troubles, takes France Telecom down a grade

Apr 24, 2013 by Trista Bridges

Citing concerns about mobile pricing pressure in the French market and an anticipated big drop in France Telecom / Orange’s earnings, S&P has decided to follow Fitch’s lead and cut France Telecom’s debt rating to BBB+, the third lowest investment grade. This cut puts France Telecom somewhere in the middle...

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Is Bouygues automatically signing you up to a 20€/month service?

Apr 16, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Reports are coming in on internet forums that Bouygues subscribers are receiving confirmation emails for a service called CellPass, which offers “each week 5 downloadable products to choose from among 50,000 ringtones, images, videos & applications.” The service, which costs an appalling 5€ per week, is even more appalling when you take into account...

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Consumer complaints about mobile services skyrocketing in France

Apr 2, 2013 by Trista Bridges

In 2012, Afutt (the French association for telcoms users) registered a record number of official complaints from subscribers about their mobile service. Although mobile contracts are getting cheaper and cheaper thanks to newbie Free Mobile as well as the incumbents who’ve been playing catch-up, consumers don’t look to any happier with...

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Following Bouygues, Orange’s and SFR’s low-cost offers both hit 1 million subscribers

Mar 27, 2013 by Trista Bridges

Although Free threw them for a loop when they launched their mobile offer last year, the three ‘old school’ mobile operators look to finally be adapting to a radically altered space. Last month Bouygues was the first ‘old school’ telco to reach the 1 million subscriber market with their B&You...

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France will have 4G soon, but at what cost to users?

Feb 22, 2013 by LiamBoogar

At the end of last year, Bouygues Telecom announced they would request permission from ARCEP to transform their old 2G network into a 4G Network which would be notably compatible with the iPhone 5. Over the past two months, ARCEP has listened to the other three operators – SFR, Orange,...

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Bouygues is getting ClockBlocked from having an iPhone monopoly in France

Jan 18, 2013 by LiamBoogar

In the weeks coming up to the iPhone5 launch last year after the new phone was announced, most of Europe was buzzing with one common problem – not one single carrier was running the correct frequency (1800MHz) in order to provide the iPhone with 4G. Most of the carriers had...

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Orange and SFR both facing hefty anti-competition fines

Dec 13, 2012 by Trista Bridges

Another day, another drama in France’s chaotic mobile market. France’s Authorité de la Concurrence (roughly translated, ‘Competivity Authority’) has announced that SFR and Orange have been found guilty of anti-competitive practices during the period of 2005 – 2008. As a result, the Authority ordered Orange and SFR to pay €117.5...

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The Mobile Operator Cluster Fuck – The Saga Continues

Dec 12, 2012 by LiamBoogar

It seems like the four major Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) can’t stay out of the news these days, as Challenges reported yesterday that Bouygues Telecom (3rd largest operator in France) is suing Iliad ( parent company of Free Mobile, the 4th largest mobile operator in France, launched earlier this year)...

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Despite Delays, SFR launches 3G in RATP

Oct 4, 2012 by LiamBoogar

After an agreement signed between French telecom provider SFR and the Paris region transport authority (RATP), SFR brought up the 1st iteration of their 3G network in the RATP – specifically in two main stations, Chatelet & Gare De Lyon. SFR customers in these areas finally have access the 3G...

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France will have a 4G Network for the iPhone 5

Sep 19, 2012 by LiamBoogar

We don’t often cover Apple news on the Rude Baguette – we leave that to bloggers who have no more interesting topics to write about. When Apple announced the specs on its latest iPhone 5, all the headlines read like this one from Reuters “Apple’s iPhone 5 puts Europe in...

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S&P highlights French mobile operator troubles, takes France Telecom down a grade

Is Bouygues automatically signing you up to a 20€/month service?

Consumer complaints about mobile services skyrocketing in France

Following Bouygues, Orange’s and SFR’s low-cost offers both hit 1 million subscribers

France will have 4G soon, but at what cost to users?

Bouygues is getting ClockBlocked from having an iPhone monopoly in France

Orange and SFR both facing hefty anti-competition fines

The Mobile Operator Cluster Fuck – The Saga Continues

Despite Delays, SFR launches 3G in RATP

France will have a 4G Network for the iPhone 5

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