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The year 2012 is coming to an end. The Orange live blog team will return at the beginning of January ready to start a new year with you. Highlights will include the CES Las Vegas from a technology aspect, the African Cup of Nations in sports and the visit to the Louvre-Lens museum from a [...]

Roland Garros 2012 is over for another year ! After two weeks, which once again ended with victory in the men’s competition for Rafael Nadal, his seventh to be exact, it’s time to take a look back at this latest edition.

While the tournament finished one day late due to temperamental weather conditions with the 7th victory for Rafael Nadal, we would like to invite you to discover all about Orange’s television operation to cover Roland Garros.

Throughout the French Open, we were able to see the Philippe Chatrier and Suzanne Lenglen courts on television, but Roland Garros is so much more than that.

Partner to the French Open in Roland Garros, Orange was at the heart of all the action during the two weeks of tennis frenzy in Paris.

Life is unfair. I was supposed to be sat behind my desk on Tuesday afternoon working, and instead was sent to Roland Garros to watch the quarter-final of the French Open between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Novak Djokovic.

Written by guest blogger Laurène Sturm geekisnotfreak.com To all you tennis fans out there who wish to keep up to date with all the latest news and results from the French tennis Open, have you thought about downloading the Roland Garros application.

Besides from being the home of French tennis, Roland Garros is also the home of innovation. Indeed, the French clay court complex and Orange have enabled the public all week long to find out more about tomorrow’s technology : NFC.

On Wednesday 30th of May, I went over to Roland Garros to see once and for all what the fuss was about. And after a day in the sun, watching some of the best players in the world and discovering the magic behind the scenes, I can now say that I get it !

Guest blogger for the live Orange blog, Mike Dale from Orange Digital UK was in Paris this week to attend the French Open in Roland Garros. This is his story…

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