FILE PHOTO: People walk past a store of the French telecoms operator Orange in Paris, France, February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) -Orange boss Stephane Richard came under political pressure on Thursday after a network outage at France's biggest telecoms firm prevented emergency calls for several hours.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he was "very concerned" by the incident, while health minister Olivier Véran said it was too soon to say whether there was any link between the outage and three to four deaths recorded during the period.
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