Partner Ship with FT

With its ability to call upon the vast expertise of its French partner and main shareholder, the JTG continues to provide the market with all that the world telecom industry has to offer, supported by its state of the art digital network that stretches to cover the whole Kingdom. The Group now serves more than 2.4 million customers with appropriate communication technologies, at affordable prices, and world-class service.

France Telecom Group (FTG) is one of the world’s leading telecommunications carriers with more than 172 million customers that are being served across five continents, in 220 countries and territories worldwide. FTG has been the significant strategic partner of the Jordan Telecom Group (JTG) since 2000. In 2006, FTG acquired 51% of JTG's shares, which paved the way in 2007 for JTG to fully adopt FTG's reputable commercial brand ''Orange'' for its fixed, mobile, Internet and content services. The partnership with FTG has allowed the company to make major investments in the network and telecommunications services, which enabled Jordanians to enjoy world class telecom services.

The backing of FTG's network and carriers opened wide perspectives for JTG and placed it as a major player in the Middle East. Soon, FTG selected JTG to be its gateway to investments in the region. New wholesale services, technologies, and a worldwide presence are but a few of the strong areas of support that JTG received from its partner. Coupled with positive relations with Arab operators, JTG has been able to integrate the best in both Western and Middle East world, representing key assets that allowed the Group to play a pivotal role in the region.

In the meantime, the partnership with FTG proved to be the most advanced global telecommunications merger in the Kingdom and paved the way for the government's shares to be public in the company’s IPO at the end of 2002 and in June 2006.