Korean phone maker Pantech will see its U4000 3G music-centric slider phone offered to French consumers by Orange, the company announced today. Orange plans to punt its Live TV and music download services through the handset.

Neither Pantech nor Orange said when the U4000 will ship, or for how much. ®

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