Orange Aims to Lead the Spanish Market by Taking Full Control of MasOrange

This IDC Market Note summarizes IDC's perspective on Orange Group's announcement of a non-binding offer to acquire full ownership of Spanish operator MasOrange through the purchase of the remaining 50% of its Spanish joint venture."By expressing its aim to assume full control of MasOrange, Orange underscores its long-term commitment to the telecom industry in Spain and its ambition to take a leadership role in Spanish market consolidation and to rekindle growth via new value-creation models in the mass-market", said Daniela Rao and Alejadro Cadenas, European telecom & infrastructure analysts at IDC.