Orange has officially signed a new partnership with computer and device manufacturer Hewlett Packard (HP). The move means that Orange will soon begin offering more Home (land-line) and Mobile Broadband service bundles alongside HP's consumer laptops and netbooks.

The deal is part of a three-year pan-European agreement that stretches outside of the UK and right across Orange's divisions in Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and Portugal. The first Orange Mobile Broadband and HP Compaq Mini 700 netbook bundle was launched earlier this month (here):


Demand for mobile broadband globally has seen Orange's Mobile Broadband customer base, including smartphone customers, increase to 23.2 million at 30th September 2008 - an 81% increase from the previous year.