Founded in 1979, France Telecom North America is the oldest, as well as the leading international office of France Telecom, attesting to the group's strong presence in North America. There company has nearly 80 employees at its New York City headquarters and offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Montreal, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. France Telecom is one of the world's leading telecommunications carriers, with more than 118 million customers on the five continents, which includes 220 countries and territories.