France Telecom suffered an 8.1 percent fall in operating profit and sales slipped in the first quarter of the year. <br /><br />It, and the other established French phone companies, are facing stiff competition with the launch of Iliad 's low-cost Free Mobile. <br /><br />The former state-owned monopoly lost 615,000 clients between January and March but said the haemorrhaging has slowed. <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
