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• Telecoms group Orange strikes cautious tone as French price war lingers on

  ORANGE-RESULT: Telecoms group Orange strikes cautious tone as French price war lingers on

  

• Apple agrees to pay back-taxes to French authorities

  Apple's French division said it had reached a deal with France to pay an undeclared amount of back-dated tax, which French media estimated at around 500 million euros ($571 million). te

  

• France's Altran Tech says it was hit by cyber attack

  French engineering consulting firm Altran Technologies was the target of a cyber attack on Thursday that hit operations in some European countries, it said.

  

• France tightens 5G network controls amid Huawei backlash

  France is stepping up controls of telecoms infrastructure used in next-generation networks, a finance ministry official said, amid growing security concerns over Chinese group Huawei.

  

• France aware of Huawei risks, will act when times comes: Minister

  France is aware of the risks of China's Huawei Technologies access to next-generation mobile networks and will take measures when the time comes, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.

  

• BSNL partners with French firm to offer data services through SMS

  State-run telecom firm BSNL has partnered with French company Be-Bound to offer data connectivity through SMS in areas where there is no Internet connectivity or signal breaks.

  

• France considers bill amendment to target Huawei: Les Echos

  France is considering introducing a bill amendment to empower its security and defence watchdogs to make retroactive checks to telecoms operators' equipment once installed, targeting China's Huawei, Les Echos newspaper reported on Monday without citing sources.

  

• France and Germany aim to keep digital tax alive with new proposal: source

  France and Germany sought on Monday to salvage a proposed EU tax on big digital firms by narrowing the focus to cover only companies' online advertising revenue, a European source said.

  

• EU to curb phone costs, set up emergency alert system

  The European Parliament voted Wednesday to limit prices for phone calls and text messages between EU countries and to set up an alert system during natural disasters or terror attacks.

  

• Richard Viel appointed CEO of Bouygues' telecoms division

  The board of Bouygues' telecoms division has appointed Richard Viel as chief executive officer, the company said on Friday.

  

• France says EU must have directive on digital tax this year

  The French government insists that the European Union must agree on a directive by the end of the year to tax large international companies doing business in the digital sphere like Google, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.