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Orange Acquires Cityvox SAS

On January 1, 2008, Orange acquired internet software and services company Cityvox SAS

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Orange’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Orange’s 3rd transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Cityvox SAS was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2014.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-01-01
Target Cityvox SAS
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Orange
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

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Cityvox SAS

Paris, France
Cityvox is a French online review site specializing in restaurants and nightlife.

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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 STATS #
Overall 5 of 15
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 12
Country: France M&A 3 of 7
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS 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
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-04-01 EE Limited

Hatfield, United Kingdom

EE, formerly Everything Everywhere, is a UK-based mobile network company and internet service provider. It was formed in 2010 as a JV between Deutsche Telekom and Orange S.A.

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