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Orange Acquires Fime

On January 1, 2007, Orange acquired information technology company Fime

Acquisition Context
  • This is Orange’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Orange’s 2nd transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Fime was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2016.
  • Fime was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2024.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date January 1, 2007
Target Fime
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Orange
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Fime

Antony, France
Fime is a provider of consulting and market integration services for secure chip based applications, tokens and devices. Fime was founded in 1962 and is based in Antony, France.
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Buyer

Orange

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Communications
Employees126,909
Revenue 40.3B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Orange retail store in central Barcelona, Spain.
Orange retail store in central Barcelona, Spain.

Orange provides a range of fixed telephony and mobile telecommunications, data transmission, Internet, multimedia, and other value-added services to consumers, businesses, and other telecommunications operators under the Orange brand worldwide. Orange was founded in 1990 and is based in Paris, France.

Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 3 of 15
Sector: Information Technology 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition 3 of 12
Country: France 2 of 7
Year: 2007 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-07-24 Solocal

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Solocal is a digital local communication company serving European small businesses. Solocal was founded in 1896 and is based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-21 Orange Austria Telecommunication

Vienna, Austria

Orange Austria Telecommunication GmbH offers mobile telecommunications network services. Orange Austria Telecommunication GmbH was founded in 1998 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

Buy €1.4B

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