Hans Snook Executive of a wireless paging business (which subsequently became part of the Hutchison Whampoa Group). In 1992 Snook was despatched to the UK and closed Hutchison's Rabbit phone system; and instead turned efforts to developing the UK's fourth mobile phone network. On April 28, 1994 Orange was launched. Within five years Orange had developed an enviable reputation as well as a growing international presence. Mannesmann of Germany purchased Orange Plc, in a failed attempt to challenge Vodafone as the World's leading mobile phone company. This set off a chain of events which resulted in France Télécom taking ownership of Orange,
Hans Zehrer house in 1938. From 1943 to 1945 Zehrer was a soldier in the Luftwaffe, but saw no active service. In 1946 he briefly worked for the then British controlled "Die Welt". He was chief editor of the "Sonntagsblatte" from 1948 to 1953, after which he became chief editor at "Die Welt" (taken over by Axel Springer in that year). He also was a columnist for the "Bild-Zeitung". He died in Berlin. Hans Zehrer Hans Zehrer (pseud. Hans Thomas, 22 June 1899 – 23 August 1966) was a German journalist. He edited a leading right-wing journal, "Die Tat", and founded the