All France articles – Page 2
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M&AInvestor Arjun enters data centre market with Data4 stake buy
Arjun Infrastructure Partners acquires minority stake in Data4’s “stabilised” data centre portfolio, boosting the provider’s European expansion plans. Move further bulks up Arjun’s digital portfolio following significant fibre buys. Read more…
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M&ABouygues, SFR move to offload wireless infra JV to Phoenix Tower
French telco duo enters exclusive discussions with tower group on sell-off rural wireless infrastructure assets, aiming to further ease debt burdens…
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Financial & PerformanceOrange ‘ready to engage’ in M&A talks in France — Heydemann
H1 FY25: Orange remains convinced of need for consolidation in France, although potential sale of SFR remains up in the air ahead of a court decision on Altice France debt restructuring plan.
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InterviewInterview: Chief Trust Officer on Orange Business’ ‘gold’ standard for secure cloud services
Orange’s B2B unit has beaten its Bleu cloud JV to the punch by obtaining France’s SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification for an IaaS offering. The Group is now one of nine providers in France to have obtained this trusted cloud security visa.
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InterviewInterview: CDIO on Orange Business’ pivot to greenfield, ‘AI first’ tech stack
Exclusive: Hriday Ravindranath explains thinking behind ambitious shift onto entirely new B2B IT stack for AI-era products as Orange Business reinvents itself built on digital-first, AI-native platform principles, underpinned by ‘design partnerships’ with Blue Planet, CSG, ServiceNow and Splunk…
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Venturing & InvestmentsUK gov allocates €163m to Eutelsat fundraising
UK government earmarks sizeable contibution as part of French satellite operator’s €1.5bn funding round. Eutelsat plans to expand OneWeb LEO constellation, shift towards enterprise- and government-focused go-to-market model. Read more…
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M&ASFR sale speculation: Blackstone is latest name in frame
Bloomberg reports that US asset manager Blackstone is exploring a joint bid worth up to €30bn, and is talking to other potential interested parties, including SFR’s competitors.
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Public Affairs‘A major contradiction’: Orange’s Heydemann joins criticism of Palais de la Découverte closure
Christel Heydemann supports calls to save a popular and influential science museum amid fears it is to be closed or reopened in a reduced format.
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B2BOrange Business zones in on defence and security with dedicated unit
The new Defence & Security Division aims to tap into group expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and quantum computing to support these “complex sectors” with a focus on resilience and sovereignty.
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Strategy & ChangeOrange outlines plan to simplify French operations
Orange France’s proposed reorganisation project, dubbed “Regain”, seeks to boost profitability and improve efficiency as competitive pressures intensify in its home market, but job cuts are not part of the plan.
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M&AEutelsat to boost LEO expansion with €1.3bn+ capital raise
French satellite operator raises fresh funding from existing investors, with national government set to become its largest shareholder. Satco said the financing will enable LEO expansion as it executes its “long-term” strategic vision.
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Network & InfraPragmatic Orange picks its way towards ‘high-value’ network autonomy
DTW Ignite 25: Sofrecom’s Roberto Kung highlights the need to assess the business case and ROI before investing in increased autonomy, noting that “we don’t want to be Level 4 everywhere”.
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Network & InfraOrange takes quantum leap with commercial product
Orange’s B2B division is launching Orange Quantum Defender in Paris but has plans to scale it in France and eventually Europe.
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Partnerships & AlliancesOrange expands Eutelsat ties with LEO access deal
Group teams up with France-based satellite operator to provide OneWeb services to enterprise and government customers, building on existing collaboration on GEO…
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M&AEutelsat ‘in talks’ over €1.5bn fundraise to fuel LEO expansion
Satellite operator reportedly in discussions with existing investors, including the French and UK governments, to raise €1.5bn in funding, as it seeks to expand European-originated LEO space infrastructure …
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Strategy & ChangeHénique signs off from Orange MEA on a high note
France-bound Jérôme Hénique discusses the challenges of managing Orange’s sprawling Middle East & Africa business, and asserts the importance of a division that has contributed significantly to Orange’s results in recent times, delivering double‑digit revenue growth for eight consecutive quarters.
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M&AOrange set to check out of Anytime fintech subsidiary
Orange continues to wind down its retail banking business in Europe with exclusive negotiations now taking place over the sale of Orange Bank fintech subsidiary Anytime.
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Analyst BriefingsOrangewatch Briefing: Huawei is back in business in Spain
In this issue, we report on MásOrange’s apparent renewed enthusiasm for technology from China-based vendors for cutting‑edge network developments.
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Network & InfraOrange’s Javaid instils hyperscaler ethos to scale B2B service sales
FutureNet World: Orange Business has so far onboarded 13 vendors to its NaaS-based Evolution Platform to create a mix‑and‑match approach to services for enterprise customers…
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M&ACellnex closes in on French and Swiss asset sales
Cellnex continues its selling spree with talks underway to offload data centres in France and offers expected soon for its business in Switzerland, according to Chief Executive Marco Patuano.