French operator releases job ad for engineer to work on new Apple handset. French mobile network operator Orange has broken the secrecy surrounding Apple's new iPhone 5 through a job advertisement, despite the U.S. firm's ban on its partners referring to the product before its expected September release.
Orange, which is owned by France Telecom, is Apple's official partner in France. The advertised opening was for an engineer, a university graduate or with a business degree, who would be expected to work with the fifth-generation handset.
The offer has been available online on the France Telecom Orange human resources web site since Thursday and says "one of the main issues is the definition, as precisely as possible, of what impact a handset like the iPhone 5 will have on clients' Internet use."
Orange also talks vaguely about a modification of the handset's use by "iPhone 5" users. The fifth-generation iPhone whose official name hasn't yet been announced is widely expected to be launched in September and available in shops shortly after.
The California company hasn't commented on the secrecy breach and France Telecom Orange had no comment either when contacted by AFP early Saturday.
