Orange Espagne S.A.U., more commonly known by its

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of Orange España, is a mobile network operator in

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. It was previously known as Amena, a brand of

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, until 2005, when it was bought by France Télécom (now

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). Its competitors are

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and Grupo MásMóvil’s

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network. Its legal headquarters are in

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, near

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. Orange España is the second mobile phone provider of the four Spanish providers (

, Orange,

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and

), with 11 million customers. The company also offers TV and

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(

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) services. Orange offers GSM 900/1800 MHz (2G),

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2100MHz (3G)

HSDPA High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols—High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)—that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunic ...

(3.5G) and LTE (4G) services. Its network radio access serves to the following

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s: MasMovil, Happy Móvil, Jazztel Movil, Día Móvil, República Móvil, Pepephone, Simyo, among others.

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