Wow. I'm at DigitalID World in San Francisco and Orange (France Telecom) just announced that they're going to not only become an OpenID producer but also a consumer. Anyone with an OpenID will be able to log into Orange services and anyone with an Orange account can create an OpenID from it - another 70M users.

The really impressive thing is the consumption side of things. Being an OpenID provider is a bit of a no-brainer for anyone who sits down and really thinks about it but being a consumer is a big step for a company to take but one that really makes the ecosystem work. More very good news for OpenID.