World & Nation
The cuts will be made through reassignment or early retirement as the state-owned company restructures.
Jan. 20, 2004
Business
Wireless: Deal clears the way for Vodafone to expand its role as world’s largest mobile phone firm.
May 31, 2000
France Telecom could announce an agreement by Tuesday to buy Orange, Britain’s third-largest mobile phone company, for as much as $45 billion, people familiar with the companies said.
May 29, 2000
Technology and the Internet
France Telecom has had a tough time getting investors to buy its stock recently, but its offering this week of corporate bonds is attracting huge interest worldwide.
March 7, 2001
Europe: Amid political shake-up, delay of utility’s privatization stirs fresh doubts over monetary union.
June 3, 1997
France Telecom, nearly drowning in debt and forced to hunt for new leadership after the resignation of its chairman, announced a record loss of nearly $12 billion in the first half and the end of its costly funding for German cell phone affiliate Mobilcom.
Sept. 14, 2002
A gaffe by France’s new government yanked France Telecom shares up 25%, as the Finance Ministry said it could buy out the firm to rescue it from a relentless market beating--and then backtracked.
July 2, 2002
Jacky Briancon had a heavy problem: 15 tons of paper in Milan, Italy, that he needed to get to Lyon, France, 250 miles away.
April 18, 1993
Mannesmann’s shares are set to extend recent gains today after British newspapers reported that France Telecom and Vodafone AirTouch are mulling over a joint $73-billion hostile bid for Germany’s largest mobile-phone company.
Nov. 8, 1999
General Magic Signs Up France Telecom: The software consortium that hopes to set the standard for piloting users through multimedia entertainment and information networks got a boost when France Telecom said it would take an undisclosed equity stake in the venture.
April 13, 1994