The Orange Group activities in 2013: the real value of the Group.
Overall, the French-based
Group Orange continues to undergo the persistent pressure on revenues. The good
news come from Africa and the Middle East, where the company drives strong
growth in the mobile customer (+7.9% year on year), with 88.0 million customers
at 31 December 2013 (including 3.4 million net additions in the 4th quarter).
3G is now available in 17 countries and Orange Money had 8.9 million customers
at 31 December 2013.
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continued efforts on costs. We also encourage its ambitious investment
programme in very high-speed fixed and
mobile networks.
At Orange Group, 2013 has been
marked by:
In France, revenues fell 4.8%, primarily related to mobile services where
ARPU declined 11.5%. In Spain, revenues rose 4.4% led by sales of mobile
handsets sold under plans with payment by installment and by fixed services
In Poland, the decrease in mobiles services was limited to 2.6%. Competitive pressure on prices was partly offset by customer base growth.
In Poland, the decrease in mobiles services was limited to 2.6%. Competitive pressure on prices was partly offset by customer base growth.
Regarding the Enterprise segment, revenues fell 5.3% with heightened
competition on prices in a difficult European economic environment. IT
services, particularly Cloud services, rose strongly (+23%)
Excluding regulatory measures, revenues declined
2.6%. Consolidated revenues were 40.981 billion euros in 2013, a 4.5% decline.