Orange (UK)

Orange was a mobile network operator in the United Kingdom and the original company to use the Orange brand.^[1] It was launched in 1994 by Hutchison Whampoa Limited (now CK Hutchison Holdings), then acquired by France Télécom in 2000, which then extended the Orange brand to most of its operations before finally renaming itself to Orange S.A. in 2013.

Orange merged with Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary T-Mobile UK in 2010 to form Everything Everywhere, which then introduced the EE brand in 2012. The EE, T-Mobile and Orange brands were used concurrently for some time before the latter two were retired in 2015.

1994–2015

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Predecessors: Orange \| T-Mobile Owned by BT

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Orange S.A.

Current telecommunications operations:

Former subsidiaries and brand licensees:
Armenia | Austria² | Belgium (KPN Orange)³ | Dominican Republic⁴ | India^{5, 6} | Israel⁵ | Kenya | Mauritius | Netherlands⁷ | Switzerland (Liechtenstein) | Thailand⁸ | United Kingdom^{5, 9}

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.

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CK Hutchison Holdings

Affiliate company: CK Asset Holdings

Telecommunications:
Three: Europe: United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden (Hallon) | Asia: Hong Kong and Macau (Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings) | Indonesia (Hutchison Asia Telecom Group)

Other brands: Australia: Vodafone¹ | Italy: Wind Tre² (Business) | Sri Lanka: Hutch | Vietnam: Vietnamobile³

Divested operations: Israel: Partner

Other business: Hong Kong: Watsons Water | Mr. Juicy | Sunkist⁹

Other companies: Hutchison Ports | Husky Energy (40,2%) | Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals¹⁰

Other assets:
TOM Group | CK Life Sciences | Hutchgo.com | WatsonsMall.com | Marionnaud¹¹

Divested operations:
Asia: Star TV

Notes:
¹Joint venture with Vodafone. Formerly operated under the 3 brand.
²Acquired from VEON.
³Joint venture with Hanoi Telecom.
⁴Acquired by Vodafone. Now part of Vodafone Idea Limited.
⁵Acquired from Orange S.A./Tele2 AB and merged into Hutchison Drei Austria.
⁶Acquired from Telefónica and merged into 3 Ireland.
⁷Acquired from Etisalat; the Etisalat brand is yet to be discontinued.
⁸Joint venture with Temasek Holdings.
⁹Under license.
¹⁰Joint venture with Jardine Pacific, Wharf Holdings and China National Aviation Holdings.
¹¹Originally part of A.S. Watson Group until the group's IPO in 2014.

1994–2015

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