Orange (Egypt)

Launched in 1998 as Mobinil and renamed in 2016, Orange is the oldest mobile network in Egypt and the second-largest by subscribers, after Vodafone and ahead of Etisalat. It is almost completely owned by Orange S.A., the French telecom conglomerate.



1998–2002	2002–2006	2006–2016	2016–present

Mobinil

1998–2006

1998–2002

2002–2006

2006–2016

Orange

2016–present

Mobinil was renamed to Orange in March 2016, in a similar fashion as Mobistar in Belgium and Méditel in Morocco.

V • T • E

Orange S.A.

Current telecommunications operations

V • T • E MásOrange
Orange Orange \| Jazztel Yoigo Yoigo \| MÁSMÓVIL \| Lycamobile \| Lebara \| Llamaya Euskaltel Euskaltel \| Virgin telco Others Pepephone \| Simyo \| R \| Telecable \| Guuk \| Embou \| Populoos

V • T • E

Orange Romania Communications

Television

Orange Sport¹: Orange Sport 1 | Orange Sport 2 | Orange Sport 3 | Orange Sport 4

V • T • E

Orange Sport

Television channels

Orange Sport 1 | Orange Sport 2 | Orange Sport 3 | Orange Sport 4

Defunct
Dolce Sport HD | Telekom Sport 5 | Telekom Sport 6

Stores
Internity

Services
Orange TVConnect | MyAccount | NextGen Communications

V • T • E Boom TV
Television Boom Action \| Boom Cinema 1 \| Boom Cinema 2 \| Boom Classic \| Boom Comedy \| Boom Drama \| Boom Indian \| Boom Music \| Boom Hop! \| Boom Public \| Boom Secrets \| Boom Smarty \| Boom Sport One \| Boom Sport Two \| Boom Sport Three \| Boom Sport Four

Notes
¹Sold to Orange Romania in 2021.
²Planned to be a future channel, but eventually went cancelled.
³Sold to Deutsche Telekom.

Financial services: Orange Money
IT and data services: Orange Business
Cybersecurity: Orange Cyberdefense
Research and development: Orange Labs
Television channels (Romania): Orange Info | Orange Sport (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)¹⁰

Former subsidiaries and brand licensees
Armenia | Austria² | Belgium (KPN Orange)³ | Dominican Republic⁴ | Equatorial Guinea | India^{5, 6} | Israel⁵ | Kenya | Tempo (Moldova) | Mauritius | Netherlands⁷ | Niger | Switzerland (Liechtenstein) | Thailand⁸ | United Kingdom^{5, 9} | Telekom Info (TV channel, Romania)¹⁰ | MaLigne TV | France Télécom | Fonomat (Dasimpex | Plus GSM) | Say | Orange Studio¹¹ | OCS¹¹ (Max | City | Choc | Géants | Go) | Orange Bank¹²

Notes
¹Acquired from Bharti Airtel.
²Acquired by Hutchison Drei Austria and replaced by the Three brand.
³Joint venture with KPN. Sold to KPN after France Télécom acquired Mobistar.
⁴Acquired by Altice after merging with Tricom.
⁵Orange UK was originally owned by Hutchison Whampoa. The Orange brand was licensed in Israel and India by Hutchison Whampoa Limited.
⁶Acquired from Hutchison Whampoa by Vodafone. Now part of Vodafone Idea Limited.
⁷Merged with T-Mobile (Netherlands).
⁸Acquired by the Charoen Pokphand Group (True Corporation).
⁹Merged with T-Mobile UK to create EE. Orange S.A. and Deutsche Telekom hold stakes in BT, the current parent company of EE.
¹⁰Acquired from Deutsche Telekom.
¹¹Acquired by Canal+ Group.
¹²Acquired by BNP Paribas.

Orange (Egypt)

Mobinil

1998–2006

1998–2002

2002–2006

2006–2016

Orange

2016–present

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