The annual income of orange 2009 increased by 2.1% to 42.2 billion euros (about 319 billion yuan), the net income increased by 49.4% to 3.2 billion euros (about 24.1 billion yuan), and the capital expenditure increased by 0.6% to 7.3 billion euros (about 55.1 billion yuan). Orange said the decline in revenue in France and Spain was offset by a strong convergence strategy and strong growth in 4G users in Africa / Middle East. By the end of the year, orange had 10.8 million integrated users, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%; 4G users in Africa / Middle East increased by 42.6% to 23.8 million; number of active users in orange money increased by 20% to 18.2 million; in addition, number of users in orange bank reached 500000, including 390000 in France.
