France Telecom

Orange to Bring Free Wikipedia Access to Cell Users in Africa and Middle East

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 24 at 10:44 am PT

Over the course of 2012, the carrier will bring the service to 20 countries in the region it covers.

AT&T’s De La Vega: Shared Data Plans Still in the Works

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 9 at 12:27 pm PT

AT&T’s mobile unit CEO Ralph de la Vega tells AllThingsD that plans are still on the way. But, he says, sometimes it’s better not to rush things.

Those Family Data Plans Are Finally Coming to the U.S. Next Year

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 7, 2011 at 11:26 am PT

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said his company should have them on the market next year; AT&T expects devices to share a bucket of megabytes in the not-too-distant future.

Orange Friends Facebook in Effort to Boost Smartphones, Feature Phones

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 15, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

The unit of France Telecom is teaming with the social network and Alcatel on three phones aimed at both mature and emerging markets.

T-Mobile’s Bobsled Now Running on iPhone, Android and the Web

Ina Fried in Mobile on October 10, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

T-Mobile says it has expanded its voice-over-IP calling service to run on mobile devices, as the No. 4 U.S. carrier looks for new inroads into the calling market.

U.S. Carriers Silent on Motoroogle, but France Telecom Gives It a Thumbs Up

Ina Fried in Mobile on August 15, 2011 at 1:30 pm PT

There’s been a deafening silence from Verizon, AT&T and Sprint in the wake of Google’s announcement that it aims to buy Motorola’s phone unit for $12.5 billion.

As Unlimited Data Plans Go Away, Consumers Struggle to Make Sense of Their Data Use

Ina Fried in Mobile on June 29, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

As consumers find fewer options for unlimited data for their smartphones, many face the confusing and difficult task of trying to predict how much data they will use each month.

The Data Plan of the Future is Available Now, at Least in Europe

Ina Fried in Mobile on June 27, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

While several American carriers have said they are considering plans that allow people to share a data plan among several devices, France Telecom has actually launched such plans in France, Spain, the United Kingdom and Austria. And they are having some success.

As Smartphones Go Mainstream, the Industry Works to Make Them Mom-and-Pop Friendly

Ina Fried in Mobile on June 20, 2011 at 3:10 pm PT

Smartphones now make up roughly half of all mobile phone sales in many parts of the world. But even as the devices have gone mainstream, they can still be complex and intimidating to the novice. Carriers and manufacturers are trying new approaches in an effort to make the devices less intimidating to newbies.