This is curious considering how strongly Vodafone, T- Mobile and Orange have been marketing the new Blackberries.

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It has invested disproportionately high resources in people, distribution, research and development, principally marketing Oreos and orange drink Tang, its top-selling items out of its dozens of brands.

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"The technological capabilities of the HUAWEI Ascend P2 will enable our customers to have the fastest access to all their content, with speeds up to 150 Mbps on our brand new 4G network, " said Florence Paour, Device Marketing Director, Orange France.

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"Nokia continues to lead the field in NFC with this latest implementation on the Windows Phone platform, in which we have the full support of Orange, " said Ilari Nurmi, head of product marketing for Nokia's Smart Devices business unit.

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