06.01.2010 15:06 Uhr, Quelle: 9to5Mac

Orange France boss confirms iPhone tidal wave, data surge, but happy to invest in infrastructure (AT&T?)

Apple’s fortunes in France mean that the iPhone accounted for an impressive 77 percent of mobiles sold with a contract by France Telecom’s Orange brand across the holiday season, confirmed the head of the company. The immense popularity of the device has caused demands for data usage on the carrier's network to climb exponentially - but the message to O2 (in the UK) and AT&T (in the US) is that Orange isn't scared to invest in boosting network capacity, the company chief explains. Orange is owned by France Telecom, whose CEO, Didier Lombard told French business paper, Les Echos, that his company’s end-of-year sales reached a ‘historic’ level, with iPhones flying out of Orange doors. Lombard conceded that

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