Orange, the exclusive iPhone carrier in France, has admitted to capping their 3G download speeds after receiving many complaints from users and several customers comparing speeds to other European countries. iPhone users on the T-Mobile network in Germany were repeatedly receiving download speeds of over 1800kbps, whilst those on France’s Orange network were struggling to reach 400kbps. Orange’s technical support lines were jammed with calls of slow speeds, and in some cases the support technicians voluntarily renamed the Access Point Name and other variables to increase download speeds. These customers reported speeds in excess of 3mbps.

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Orange, the carrier of the iPhone in Poland, is apparently not very confident that the iPhone will drum up big lines on this second iPhone launch today, August 22nd. It has decided to hire actors to stand in a line outside of 20 Orange stores, waiting for the iPhone, to “drum up interest.” Apparently, prospective buyers in Poland are reluctant to pay heavy monthly charges, and so Orange has opted to go the fake customer route.

I have a few questions…

Orange is one of the UK’s leading networks, along with O2—who are currently supplying iPhones to customers in the UK. A report from this morning reveals that Orange may join O2 in providing the UK with iPhones; perhaps as soon as October this year. If this were to go ahead, it would be the first more »

A report has it that the French iPhone distributor, Orange, has been offering its customers who have previously purchased the iPhone a trade-up deal for old handset with the newer iPhone models once it is available. Orange was said to be calling customers encouraging them to trade up to the new version of the iPhone. more »

French cellular operator Orange has signed a deal with Apple to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries. France Telecom’s Orange said in a one-sentence statement that it will sell the iPhone in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and African markets later this more »

After sealing a distribution agreement with Asian telecom company Singtel and Swisscom of Switzerland, Apple has sealed another distribution agreement for the iPhone, this time with Orange, the exclusive provider of the iPhones in France. Interestingly, whereas it was not indicated whether the iPhones to be distributed in the Asian market is the 3G model more »

We’ve heard numerous rumours about a 3G iPhone, not just here at Appletell, but all over the blogosphere. Turns out none of those rumours are true, or we haven’t seen an outcome yet. But does 3G really matter? Is it the turning point between you buying one or not? Sandy Gomo, Director of Product Management more »

Orange France, the authorized carrier of the iPhone in France, just confirmed that roughly 14% of all the iPhones sold in France are unlocked. These other iPhones were either not used for the iPhone aspect or used on other networks. Orange didn’t say exactly that 14% of the iPhones users were on their network, but more »

iPhones are selling very well in France, according to these statistics: Orange has sold over 70,000 iPhones in just the first month of sales – which sounds considerably better than what we’ve heard of the iPhone in the UK from O2. O2 haven’t publicized any statistics of iPhone sales in the UK yet which presumably more »

For those of you in Europe who want an iPhone, now’s your chance. Expect O2 in England, Orange in France, and T-Mobile in Germany to be carrying these phones sometime soon, as the Financial Times believes that Apple’s shaken hands with these three mobile providers. The only thing I’m wondering is, how much is data more »