Orange Extends Pay As You Go to BlackBerry Curve 8900 Smartphone

• BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone now exclusively available to Orange Pay As You Go customers with six months’ free Internet access
• Pay As You Go BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone available in addition to existing BlackBerry Pearl 8120

London, UK- Orange today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone exclusively on Pay As You Go. The offering builds on the success of the BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8120 smartphone Pay As You Go program, which Orange introduced earlier this year.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone will be available at launch with six months’ free Internet access. To take advantage of the Orange Pay As You Go BlackBerry smartphone offer, customers must first purchase the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone for £245. They can choose one of Orange’s existing Pay As You Go animal packages, offering a choice of free rewards, and will receive free Internet access for the first six months. After that, customers can take out Orange’s Pay As You Go BlackBerry® Internet Service for just £5 per month, on a monthly rolling subscription.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone delivers expanded functionality and reliability and its refined design makes it easy for one or two-handed use. It is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry® smartphone and features a striking 480x360 pixel display that offers up crisp and vivid content. Fully equipped with GPS, Wi-Fi® , a 3.2 megapixel camera that can also record video*, and an expandable memory slot supporting up to 16GB, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone allows users to balance work, life and everything in between.

Pippa Dunn, Director of Pay As You Go, Orange UK said, “We were the first to launch the BlackBerry Pearl smartphone on Pay As You Go in the UK and we’re delighted to extend our range to include the BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone. With free Internet access for six months and at a great price, we’re offering customers even greater value.”

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone on Pay As You Go from Orange is available immediately for just £245. For more details, visit Orange shops or www.orange.co.uk/shop.
* Video recording requires a microSD card, which may be sold separately.

Notes to Editors
• Review handsets available on request
• BlackBerry Internet Service can only be used in the UK, any roaming data use will be charged at the standard Pay As You Go roaming charges
• The offer is available on all Pay As You Go animal packages

About Orange
Orange is the key brand of the France Telecom Group, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. With 123 million customers, the Orange brand now covers Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the Group operates.

At the end of 2008, France Telecom had consolidated sales of 53.5 billion euros (12.7 billion euros for the first quarter of 2009) and at 29 April 2009, the Group had a customer base of almost 184 million customers in 30 countries. These include 123 million mobile customers worldwide and 13 million broadband Internet (ADSL) customers in Europe. Orange is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.

In the UK, Orange provides high quality GSM coverage to 99% of the UK population. At the end of March 2009, Orange had almost 17 million customers in the UK – 15.8 million active mobile customers and close to one million fixed broadband customers.
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Personal Communications Services Limited.
For more information: www.orange.com, www.francetelecom.com, www.orange-business.com
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