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Wanadoo is the former name of the ISP division of Orange SA. , which is a subsidiary of France Télécom. It operates in France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Lebanon & Jordan. It ceased to operate as a worldwide brand on 1 June 2006, when it was replaced by Orange. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Orange SA is a major mobile phone operator. ... Image File history File links Wanadoo. ... Image File history File links Wanadoo. ... France Télécom (Euronext: FTE, NYSE: FTE) (often spelled France Telecom, without the accents, in non-French text) is the main telecommunication company in France. ... Orange SA is a major mobile phone operator. ...

The origin of the name Wanadoo is subject to some controversy, as some maintain it came about in the late 1990s when many internet companies competed to choose 'Yahoo' sounding names. However it might be that the name Wanadoo first appeared in an internal project at France Télécom, much in line with a number of other such projects such as Intranoo, Tatoo, Netatoo and @noo.

Wanadoo was floated on the stock market on 18 July 2000. In 2000, Wanadoo also took over the major British ISP Freeserve, which had previously been part of the Dixons Group (now DSG International plc). Following the buy-out, Freeserve maintained its own branding for a while before finally changing to the Wanadoo name on 28 April 2004. This article is about the year 2000. ... The United Kingdom based DSG International plc (formerly Dixons Group plc) is one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Europe. ...

Wanadoo changed to Orange on 1st of June 2006 to simplify branding by France Télécom, this merging of companies has created a single brand offering mobile telecommunications and internet services. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Orange is currently the largest ISP in Europe (counting the subscribers of Telekomunikacja Polska) with over ten million subscribers, largely concentrated in France, the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland. Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. (also known as TPSA or just TP) is a Polish telecom and ISP, provider of the Neostrada ADSL service. ...

External links (to Wanadoo's modern brands)

• Orange Belgium
• Orange Botswana
• Orange Côte d'Ivoire
• Orange Cameroon
• Orange Dominicana (Dominican Republic)
• Orange France
• Orange Orange Carribean
• Orange Israel (franchised brand)
• Orange Madagascar
• Orange Moldovia
• Orange Netherlands
• Orange Poland
• Orange Réunion
• Orange Romania
• Orange Slovakia
• Orange Switzerland
• Orange UK

• Orange-controlled or joint-controlled interests (non-Orange branded mobile operators)

• • One (Austria)
  • Mobistar-Orange Group (Belgium)
  • Mobinil (Egypt)
  • Voxtel (Moldova)
  • Amena (Spain)

• Other Orange websites
  • The Orange Studio Birmingham UK
  • Orange Partner - Orange Group's own developer/partner programme, enabling businesses worldwide to commercialise their applications on the Orange network.