Orange Internet Services

Now Orange features even more exciting Internet services, including accessing your Orange Mail from your WAP enabled phone

Orange's expanding Internet services now feature diary and email alerts, email available on your WAP phone via Orange mail and even a home page which you can personalise to suit your preferences, such as the weather in your town or your horoscope update.

Since it's launch in November 1999, Orange has significantly evolved it's mobile internet services, and on 1st August 2000 these services were extended to everyone, although there are some restrictions for prepay and customers who do not use the Orange network. The current site address for these services is www.orange.net.

What are the main features?

WAP email - lets any customer with a WAP enabled phone read, reply or create email while on the move without needing their PC, by simply keying in their orange.net account user name and password into their phone.
Email - access to Orange Mail at orange.net allowing you to use 5MB of storage space, or if the customer uses it as their ISP, Outlook Express is provided on the Orange Internet CD, so you can download all emails in one go, saving time online.
Free email alerts - direct to any UK mobile phone to notify users when they have new mail, which is especially useful when they don't have access to a PC at the time. Customers can set filters to distinguish mail on particular subjects or from particular people.
Diary - which can be used to organise their work and social lives. This also includes Birthday reminders.
Free diary alerts - direct to their phone to remind users of important appointments, events or Birthdays, minutes, hours or days in advance.
Information services - such as news and business headlines, weather, directories, sports, listings and reviews. These can be personalised so that, for example, their homepage displays news headlines, their local weather forecast and horoscope.
15MB free webspace to create their own home page if the customer uses it as their ISP.
Usenet news for their area of interest or hobby if the customer uses Orange as their ISP.
30 FREE text messages every month sent from their PC to any UK mobile phone.
A selection of free ring tones will be available in December.
On top of this, all Orange contract customers will benefit from online phone services which are simple to set up at www.orange.net
- Every Phone - handy if they forget their phone or their battery is low.
- Inclusive minutes - find out how many are left for that month.
- Text Media sent to their Orange phone - including sports news and results, domestic and business news and horoscopes (charged).
- Orange Fax & Data customers can connect direct to the Internet via their Orange phone using appropriate accessories.
Contract customers who are also account holders will also have exclusive access to:
- Text messages once the first 30 free messages have been used each month charged as if from their mobile phone. The recipient can reply directly to the customers handset.
- Access to view their account details (last 3 months bills).
- The facility to pay their Orange bills online or set up a Direct Debit.
- The ability to change their Service Plan.
- Set up Every Phone.
Customers are able to register in a number of ways:
- online at www.orange.net - simply click "register".
- by calling 438 from any Orange phone or freephone 088 0790 438 from any other phone to request the Orange Internet started CD.

NB. The charge for Orange email alerts and diary alerts will be suspended for a promotional period (Q4 until May 2001 at least)

What are the benefits?

Orange Internet services are simple to use, safe and secure.
It is a great way for your customers to stay informed with the latest news, sport, lifestyle and entertainment information whether they're at home, at work or on the move through a laptop PC and their Orange phone.
Orange brings customers the latest information online in conjunction with major organisations including Lastminute, Roadwatch, Thompson Directories, Dealwatch, Flextech, RAC, TDL and others.