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10/10/2001
Orange passes 300,000 customer milestone
Mobile phone company Orange have announced that the company has passed the 300,000 customer mark in Northern Ireland.
Orange revealed that in the last three months the company have sold around 28,000 phones to take the total current customer base to 321,000. Of the customers connected just over half were using contract phones while the other half had opted for Just Talk pay-as-you-go phones.
Orange’s General Manager in Northern Ireland Eric Carson said: “One in six of the entire population in Northern Ireland are Orange customers. We believe Orange is firmly positioned as Northern Ireland’s number one network both in terms of customers and coverage levels.”
Across the UK Orange recently added 320,000 new customers of these nine per cent were in Northern Ireland.
Mr Carson added that there was room for further growth in the local market where around 55 per cent of the population used mobile phones. He said: “While we’re proud of Orange’s rapid growth in the last three years, the name of the game is to keep those customers satisfied. That means more investment in the network to ensure that we continue to offer the best coverage.”
In recent marketing strategies Orange has shifted to focus towards high-value contract customers and has seen contract phones consistently outsell per-pay phones. (SP)
Orange revealed that in the last three months the company have sold around 28,000 phones to take the total current customer base to 321,000. Of the customers connected just over half were using contract phones while the other half had opted for Just Talk pay-as-you-go phones.
Orange’s General Manager in Northern Ireland Eric Carson said: “One in six of the entire population in Northern Ireland are Orange customers. We believe Orange is firmly positioned as Northern Ireland’s number one network both in terms of customers and coverage levels.”
Across the UK Orange recently added 320,000 new customers of these nine per cent were in Northern Ireland.
Mr Carson added that there was room for further growth in the local market where around 55 per cent of the population used mobile phones. He said: “While we’re proud of Orange’s rapid growth in the last three years, the name of the game is to keep those customers satisfied. That means more investment in the network to ensure that we continue to offer the best coverage.”
In recent marketing strategies Orange has shifted to focus towards high-value contract customers and has seen contract phones consistently outsell per-pay phones. (SP)
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