Orange launched its business on April 28th 1994, with an aim to change the
way the world communicates. In June 1996, Orange plc became the youngest company
to enter the FTSE-100, valued at £2.4 billion. And by July 1997, Orange had
gained one million customers. Since then they've become the UK's fastest growing
mobile communications company and expanded internationally in countries as
diverse as Hong Kong and Israel. Today, the Orange brand is one of the most
powerful in the world, and the Orange Group serves more than 175 million
customers in five continents. It is the number three mobile operator in Europe
and number one provider of broadband Internet services. On July 1st 2010, Orange
UK and T-Mobile UK became the UK's largest communications company 'Everything
Everywhere'.