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BIT BY BIT: About half a million books from the Municipal Library of Lyon are expected to be digitized with the next 10 years, a first step in preserving France s heritage AFP , PARIS Monday, Dec 21, 2009, Page 10 Despite fierce resistance to Google s plans to digitize the world s books, observers say it is well placed to start scanning Europe s ...

Paris-based ISP and fixed-line operator Iliad, known to most of us as "Free," has been awarded the fourth 3G license in France.

France Telecom SA, Vivendi SA and Bouygues SA may face a price war in one of their fastest-growing businesses after Xavier Niel's Iliad SA enters the French mobile-phone market.

Here's an interesting development. A mobile network in France called NRJ has announced a new ability that will make life much easier for itself and its customers.

France Telecom Wednesday said its senior executive vice president in charge of the Orange Business Services unit will leave the company in early 2010.

Paris, France, December 15th, 2009 3GVision , the leading global supplier of mobile barcode reading solutions today announced a partnership with French Connecthings , to extend use and compatibility of 2D barcode reading technology to most mobile phone models in France.

France Telecom's Orange global communications group, has selected the Comverse Voice HUB to replace a competitor's system to handle projected growth and support the deployment of new voice-related services on its mobile network.

The shop is initially "open" to 1 million Orange customers in France and the U.K., and will become available in Spain, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia, Belgium, Austria, Moldova, and Portugal in 2010, each with local content.

France Telecom's wireless subsidiary Orange has mirrored Apple's strategy as the carrier has officially launched its own mobile application store .

Taking a page out of Apple's book, France Telecom's mobile phone unit Orange launched its own shop to sell downloadable videos, games, music and other content to its 130 million mobile phone subscribers.

European shares edged lower on Tuesday, with miners and telecoms adding pressure, as comments from the Federal Reserve's chairman raised uncertainty over the prospects for the U.S. economy.

European stock-index futures fell after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. economy faces a oeformidable headwinds.a Asian shares and U.S. futures were little changed.

Orange Business Services has enhanced its satellite solution portfolio by launching a new, innovative Maritime Satellite Service, upgrading technology and providing customers access to a next-generation satellite network management system.

Entrepreneur Xavier Niel has come a long way since the 1990s, when he ran a sex-chat service on Minitel, an early French online service.

As announced last spring in connection with preparations for his succession, Didier Lombard, France Telecom's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has submitted a proposal to the Board of Directors concerning the appointment of Stephane Richard as Chief Executive Officer Delegate.

In France there is often no greater compliment than to be described as a "servant of the state". Every year scores of bright young graduates fight for places at the elite schools that churn out ranks of clever bureaucrats who work away in the back rooms of government.

France Telecom-Orange today signed an agreement concerning the employment of senior staff in France and on measures to develop the second half of careers for employees in France.

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While the end of year figure, 57.2mn, was not much different from our forecasts the slowing growth in France was enough to knock it from the top spot in our Business Environment Rankings.

As the U.S. market winds down for the annual turkey-fest , European carriers have shifted up a gear with their merger and acquisition activities, with France Telecom SA and Denmark's TDC A/S leading the way.