Nigerian Times

16 Nov 2011 09:00 Africa/Lagos Orange Launches Widest Range of Exclusive Affordable Phones With Dedicated Facebook(R) Functionality in Africa and Europe PARIS and LONDON, November 16, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- - Three new phones with deep Facebook integration and dedicated 'F' key available in Africa and Europe from Q4 2011 - offering the widest portfolio of affordable phones with deep Facebook functionality launched by an operator to date - Orange is bringing simple, affordable, social phones for under EUR100 to a broader range of customers in more than 15 countries* - The new range includes the ALCATEL ONE TOUCH 908F Android smartphone, one of the most affordable Android smartphones available, exclusive to Orange Orange will exclusively launch three new affordable phones with deep Facebook integration across Africa and Europe from Q4 2011, creating a swift, simple, cost effective social experience for more of Orange's customer

11 Nov 2011 05:56 Africa/Lagos AfricaCom Awards 2011 / Orange wins “Best New Service” award at AfricaCom 2011 CAPE-TOWN, November 11, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Orange (http://www.orange.com) won the “Best New Service” award at the AfricaCom Awards 2011 . The awards gala dinner took place on Wednesday, 9 November in Cape Town, South Africa. The awards are a unique annual celebration of innovation and the highest achievements across the communications industry in Africa. An independent panel of judges adjudicates. Logo: http://www.apo-mail.org/orange-logo.jpg Orange won the “Best New Service” award for Surf & Pay, a service that aims to facilitate access to the Internet. Surf & Pay is a system for sharing and re-charging Internet access, designed for hotels and internet cafés that want to provide their customers with Internet access using WiFi. It also allows individuals to share the costs of broadband Internet access with their neighbours, using a payment interfa