More Insight on Orange
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M&AOrange enters exclusive talks to divest broadcasting arm
Orange enters exclusive negotiations with transformation-focused investor Verdoso to divest Globecast, advancing the Group’s long-running plans to refocus on its core telecoms business…
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AnalysisCutting through the satellite hype: Starlink and LEO’s threat to global telecoms assessed — Strand Consult
Analysis: with D2D connectivity dominating discussions at MWC26, terrestrial operators must reassess their broadband and defence sector strategies. Strand Consult’s outspoken founder cuts through the hype to separate disruptive fact from industry fiction…
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B2BNew chapter opens for Orange Business with new products, and a new partner
Orange Business has unveiled a wave of AI‑driven products and a major new partnership with Tech Mahindra, signalling a shift toward sovereign cloud, trusted AI agents, and next‑generation collaboration tools…
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Partnerships & AlliancesOrange’s Trabbia stresses importance of diversity in D2D partnerships
Orange was one of a number of telcos to announce a direct‑to‑device (D2D) collaboration with a satellite provider on the first day of Mobile World Congress, as it steps up efforts to provide connectivity to “every customer, everywhere, all the time”.
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PeoplewatchOrange Peoplewatch: Group switches out security chief
The latest roundup of senior people moves at the French telecoms giant, including the appointment of a fresh Group-wide security chief to drive forward its trust-building mission, and a CTO switch-out in the telco’s domestic market.
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PeoplewatchOrange swaps home market tech chief
Nicolas Drouillet appointed Chief Technology Officer at Orange France, taking charge of key technology initiatives unveiled as part of recent strategic refresh.
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Strategy & ChangeTOTEM CEO highlights 100-client milestone: ‘the priority is to continue growing’
Interview: Still less than five years’ old, Orange tower spinout TOTEM has ample opportunity to drive expansion in existing markets through client diversification and tenancy growth, affirms Chief Executive Emmanuel Rochas. After taking over at the business in mid-2025, he is maintaining focus on customer acquisition, digitisation of internal systems, and execution on several infra build projects at high-profile city venues.
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Strategy & ChangeOrange’s AI supremo Steve Jarrett: ‘There’s no magic, it’s just doing our job’
Steve Jarrett, Orange’s Chief AI Officer, talks through how the operator is going to execute — and validate — the value gains it is targeting, as part of new Trust the Future strategy. Key challenges revolve around culture, data governance, and agent development and management, he says.
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B2B‘This isn’t MWC slideware’: European telco group demos federated edge platform
MWC26: Telco partners flag expansion and progression of European Edge Continuum project, aimed at enabling cross-operator deployment of applications.
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Network & InfraGermany’s O2 brings AWS in-house with Outposts deployment
MWC26: Telefónica operating business said to be first in world to bring AWS‑managed hardware inside its own data centre perimeter, enabling lower‑latency and local data processing.
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M&AYasser Shaker: Orange ready to ‘grow again’ in Africa
MWC26: After a ten-year break in M&A activity, Orange has made a “conscious decision” to grow again in Africa.
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EventwatchTrust me I’m a telco: sector insecurity seeps into MWC opener
MWC26: Telco CEOs take to the stage to warn of “unknown threats” and an emerging “Wild West” as the pace of technological change outpaces the rate that international operators, governments, and regulators can react…
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica, Orange among first telcos to tie with Satellite Connect Europe
MWC26: Telco duo sign agreements to trial D2D services and explore use-cases with AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone’s satellite joint venture, as the space connectivity player moves towards launching commercial services later this year…
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Financial & Performance‘We want to be number one’: Orange plots growth over next three years
Orange’s CEO has unveiled the Group’s five-year strategy, called Trust the Future, setting clear objectives with a focus on driving cash flow generation.
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Network & InfraNokia and AWS team up to show agentic AI 5G slicing with Orange and du
Nokia and AWS debut an agentic AI 5G Advanced slicing solution now running in live Orange and du networks.
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Financial & PerformanceOrange searches for €1bn down back of supply chain sofa
FY26–FY28 Trust the Future strategy: French group targeting substantial savings on vendor budget as part of new mid-term strategic vision. Move forms part of broader efficiency and cost reduction programme taking in AI, legacy network shutdown, and centralisation of platforms and services across Orange.
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M&AVodafone Romania trades quality for quantity as it climbs to second
Redistributed TRMC assets have closed the gap between Vodafone and market leader Orange, but decimated the operator’s mobile ARPU…
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PeoplewatchDT−Orange procurement JV names new CEO
BuyIn appoints current finance and HR chief Michael Rubas as its new CEO, as Béatrice Felder retires. Move comes as the JV seeks to create additional value in the coming years through digitalisation and pricing optimisation…
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Partnerships & AlliancesOrange Business tees up ‘very ambitious’ SI venture with ‘global’ partner
Capital Markets Day: Orange Business CEO Aliette Mousnier-Lompré nods to negotiations with a global systems integrator partner to add reach, volume, and competitiveness to operations.
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M&AEC cites need for ‘European champions’ as merger guidelines review looms
In depth: Anticipation builds as first sighting of revised EU merger guidelines is slated for April, and telcos are busy lobbying for an M&A rule change…