Examination of Witnesses (Question 59)
Mr Simon Persoff and Mr Paul Jevons
23 OCTOBER 2006
Q59Chairman: Good afternoon, Mr Jevons and Mr. Persoff.
Thank you for sparing the time this afternoon and for your written
evidence. To remind you, this is being broadcast, and a verbatim
minute is taken. You will be sent a copy of these verbatim minutes
in draft, and if you find that they are inaccurate, then do let
us know. Thank you again for your evidence. We have read it of
course, with great interest; you make some quite significant points,
as we would expect, and we will be asking you about follow up
on those. Is there anything you would like to say by way of brief
introduction? If not, we will go straight ahead, but do feel free
if you would like to start by saying a word or two.
Mr Persoff: My Lord Chairman,
I am Simon Persoff, and I am Director of Regulatory Affairs and
this is Paul Jevons, Director of IPTV and Interactive Services.
We are here representing Orange UK, which is the leading converged
broadband and mobile company in the UK with approximately 14 million
mobile subscribers and over 1 million broadband customers. We
are also part of France Telecom, which is the leading broadband
provider in Europe; and within the UK we employ over 10,000 people.
We welcome the opportunity to give evidence to this Sub-Committee.
While we clearly welcome some aspects of the review of the Directive,
we have significant concerns, as outlined in our evidence to you.
Would it be helpful to the Sub-Committee if we explained some
of our mobile and fixed IPTV products and services we are planning
on offering to consumers in the UK?
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