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Orange fights back competition to hit solid 2014 targets
Although Orange is still dealing with an increasingly telco environment, 2014 proved to be a year of return to stability for the group after years of price wars and cutthroat competition kicked-off by the entry of Free Mobile. After falling 0.1 points in 2013, their EBITDA fell in-line with their targets, coming in at 12.190 billion […]
Midem's premier startup competition Midemlab is back
This year, one of the top musical conferences in the world, Midem has made one big change. Namely that it will take place this year in June in Cannes rather than January as in previous years. However, this year’s event will continue to be one of the don’t miss events of the year for […]
Orange's HDMI key finally coming to market this spring
As we wrote about mid last year, Orange has been preparing its own HDMI to compete with Google Chromecast. It looks like Orange will finally be bringing its competitive connected HDMI key to market this April. Given their growing footprint in eastern Europe, they’ve already been testing this same type of key in Romania, which given the […]
Lengow's top tips to help e-merchants master Google Shopping
With 144k e-commerce sites in France as of mid-2014 (according to FEVAD), gaining visibility has become the biggest challenge for e-merchants. This is at the core of what Lengow does, accompanying 3500+ online stores to get that visibility by enabling them to efficiently sell their products via comparison shopping engines, marketplaces, affiliate networks, retargeting and […]
Hotel revenue management specialist PriceMatch raises €8 million
PriceMatch, one of the rising leaders in hotel revenue management solutions has reportedly raised a new round a 8 million euros, according to Challenges, with Northzone and previous investor Partech. [update] Regardless of the recent news, co-founder Arthur Waller has stated that “PriceMatch has not closed any financing round yet.” Pricematch first raised 1 million euros […]
Israeli company Perion scoops up social media marketing expert Make Me Reach
France’s ad tech sector continues to shine bright. After Social Moov was bought by US ad tech giant Marin Software late last month for close to 20 million euros, now comes news that NASDAQ listed, Israeli company Perion has bought Make Me Reach, a deal estimated at between 10 to 20 million euros. Make Me […]
UXP leader Jahia raises €20 million to expand its global reach
Jahia, the leading open source User Experience Platform (UXP), just announced that they’ve raised €20 million with equity investor Invus, a leading firm investing in some of the most disruptive high growth companies. The transaction was one of the largest first rounds of external financing for a company in the UXP sector. Previously bootstrapped, Jahia […]
SNCF launches its ambitious, transformative #DIGITALSNCF agenda
SNCF embarking on an ambitious, multi-year agenda to drive the complete digital transformation of their business. #DIGITALSNCF comprises several big initiatives focused on 4 principal areas including Open Data, Big Data, Design and Connected Objects. Some of the key initiatives include using tablets for maintenance of their train system, partnering with startups to develop and launch new […]
Reaching 80 million SIM cards in 2014, France's mobile market posts another strong year
The mobile market in France continues to remain strong and robust, driven by continued low pricing, interesting features, services and offers, and a public becoming more and more attached to their mobile devices. Arcep, France’s telecom regulatory authority, just announced the 2014 figures on France’s telco sector. Here are the highlights: There are nearly 80 […]
Kelbillet expands to the UK with launch of pan-European brand Gopili
In just under five years, Kelbillet has grown massively from a site to sell unwanted train tickets to become the leading travel search engine in France. Unlike sites like Expedia, Travelzoo, Travelocity or even SNCF, Kelbillet’s biggest strength is that they help you figure out how to get from point A to point B domestically on […]