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Orange Austria

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Orange Austria Telecommunication GmbH
Formerly
  • Connect Austria Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation GmbH (1998-2000)
  • ONE GmbH (2000-2008)
TypePrivate company
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedOctober 26, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-10-26)
Founder
DefunctAugust 19, 2013 (2013-08-19)
FateMerged into 3 Austria
Successor3 Austria
Headquarters
Vienna
,
Austria
Area served
Austria
Key people
Jan Trionow (CEO)
ProductsMobile telephony
ParentHutchison Whampoa
Websitewww.orange.at

Orange Austria (formerly ONE Austria) was an Austrian telecommunications company that provided mobile telephony services.[1]

Founded in 1998 by Mannesmann and TDC, it was headquartered in Vienna.

With 1.9 million customers (including approximately 180,000 Tele2 customers) it is Austria's third largest provider with a market share of 20%. Orange cooperates with UPC Telekabel (a Liberty Global company) for landline and ISP offers.

In 2012, Hutchison Whampoa acquired the company,[2][3] and in 2013 it merged into 3 Austria.[4][5]

History

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ONE was founded on 26 October 1998 by Mannesmann and TDC as owner of the third GSM license of the country, and the first provider operating in the GSM-1800 band.

In 2000 Vodafone acquired Mannesmann and took his place in the shareholding of ONE.

Since 2004, the company successfully applied for a UMTS license and offers since 2005 also UMTS services.

In 2007 Vodafone sold its stake to Mid Europa Partners.[6]

In 2008 France Télécom acquired TDC's stake, allowing the company to use the Orange brand. ONE was rebranded as Orange on 22 September 2008.[7]

On 3 February 2012, Hutchison Whampoa announced that it would buy the company for US$1.7 billion.[2][3] The deal closed on 3 January 2013.[4] The combined business created a mobile carrier with 2.8 million customers and more than 20% market share in Austria. The Orange brand continued to operate in Austria until August 19, 2013, when its operations were merged into 3 Austria.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ "Unternehmen - orange.at". www.orange.at. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  2. 1 2 SCOTT, MARK. "Hutchison Whampoa to Buy Orange Austria for $1.7 Billion". DealBook. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  3. 1 2 "Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Buys Orange Austria in $1.7 Billion Deal". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  4. 1 2 "Hutchison Whampoa closes acquisition of Orange Austria". Reuters. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  5. 1 2 "Orange ist Geschichte: 3 streicht Gratis-Roaming" (in German). Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  6. ↑ MARCHCom, Citigate. "Press releases - Mid Europa Partners". www.mideuropa.com. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
  7. ↑ "ONE becomes Orange in Austria". www.orange.com. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
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