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This France-based telecommunications company is engaged in the provision of a range of telecommunications services, including, fixed line and mobile telephony, data transmission, Internet and multimedia services, and other value-added services to private consumers, business customers and other telecommunications operators in Europe. The company evolved from the Direction Generale des Telecommunications, a division of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of France, which was incorporated in 1988 as France Telecom and became an autonomous company in January 1991. The company has its registered office and corporate headquarters in Paris, France. It operates in four business segments, namely, Personal Communication Services, Home Communication Services, Enterprise Communication Services and Directories. Its Personal Communications Services business segment provides mobile telecommunications services in France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Poland and the rest of the world. The company also provides licensing agreements and roaming. These services includes voice and data transmission on digital networks using the global system for mobile (GSM) standard, along with general packet radio services (GPRS) and enhanced data for GSM evolution (EDGE) technology on some of its networks in Europe. Its Home Communication Services business segment include the fixed telecommunications service (fixed line telephone, Internet services and operator services) primarily in France and Poland, as well as the distribution operations and support functions provided to other segment of the France Telecom Group. In France, the segment's operations include fixed line telephone services for residential and small business consumers, Internet access operations, payphone and card services, gateway and e-commerce services, services to operators, and sales and distribution operations. Its Enterprise Communication Services business segment covers business fixed line telephony services (including access and access services, telephone calls and online services), business network services and other business services such as integrated services digital network (ISDN) service and radio broadcasting.Its Directories business segment is engaged in the publication and distribution of directories, sale of advertising space in paper-based and online directories, the creation and hosting of Websites, sales of on-demand access and reverse phone directory services.