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Did the French government put the breaks on the Dailymotion – Yahoo deal?

Apr 25, 2013 by Trista Bridges

As was widely reported last month, Yahoo had supposedly been in ongoing talks with Orange to take a majority stake of 75% in Dailymotion, the 31st ranked site globally. However, now comes the news from Le Monde that the talks have abruptly come to an end. It’s well-known that Orange...

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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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Yahoo reportedly in discussions with Orange to buy big stake in Dailymotion

Mar 20, 2013 by Trista Bridges

Yahoo is reportedly in talks with Orange to buy what could potentially be a big stake in Dailymotion. According to sources familiar with the discussions, Dailymotion may be valued at as much as $300 million and Yahoo could ultimately buy up to 75% of the French online video site This...

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The Two Faces of Orange: Innovator & Startup Killer

Dec 18, 2012 by LiamBoogar

A few weeks back, Orange made a few big announcements, most of which put them in the ‘oh shit’ category, instead of the ‘startup killer’ category. The ‘oh shit’ title came from their launch of Libon, a cross-platform phone-calling, texting, and communication app that runs off of the 3G network...

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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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Deezer raises €100M from Warner Music owner Len Blavatnik

Oct 6, 2012 by LiamBoogar

Deezer has finalized a round of €100 million by Russian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik via his investment fund Access Industries, with 75 million euros injected into the company, and 25 million euros to buy out previous shareholders. The announcement, originally reported by Le Figaro, indicates that while French investor Idinvest has maintained...

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Digital Media Hub Awards Nominees Announced!

Aug 3, 2012 by Nadia Leung

Roll out the red carpet for the Digital Media Hub Awards 2012! HUBFORUM, partnered with FrenchWeb.fr, will hold an awards ceremony in Espace Cardin on October 11-12 to honor the the most influential digital personality of the year, start-up of the year, and digital marketing and communications book of the...

[European StartUp Scene]

SFR’s new CEO gets ready to beat back Free Mobile

May 7, 2012 by Wessel

Michel Combes, former CEO of Vodafone, takes the helm at SFR. At 50 years of age, he has tons of telecom experience, including a long stint at France Telecom. SFR has been battered in the market by Free Mobile. They lost 200,000 clients in the first two months after Free’s launch....

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The French Cloud – It’s the cloud, but French.

May 4, 2012 by Trista Bridges

Andromède is an effort led by the French government and funded via "le grand emprunt" at a cost of 75€million to create a French cloud computing solution. The initial rationale for the project was rooted in national security issues, namely that under French law certain types of information must be held within France - this rationale has since evolved.

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Did Free even pierce Orange’s peel?

Feb 23, 2012 by Robert Kelley

When Xavier Niel announced the launch of Free Mobile about six weeks ago, he invited not only comparisons to Steve Jobs but also the attention of the global tech world. Free’s approach to the French market — to build a mobile network on the back on its substantial consumer wifi...

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