Orange
1991 Licences were issued to provide mobile telephone services in the UK using digital technology for personal communications networks - these were taken up by Mercury Personal Communications Ltd and Orange. Orange was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hutchison Telecom (UK) Ltd
1996 Owned by Hutchison Whampoa and British Aerospace[1]; public offering of shares in the parent company, Orange plc.
2001 Acquired by France Telecom
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Feb. 17, 1996