All Orange Business articles
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Analyst BriefingOrangewatch: Is Orange in M&A talks in Africa?
Analyst Briefing: reports of a potential Ghana expansion, full integration of the Spanish operation, and the wait for French consolidation goes on. Plus more from Orange Business, and across the Europe and Africa footprint…
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Analyst BriefingEMEA Infrawatch: subsea vulnerabilities in the spotlight
Analyst Briefing: latest on EMEA digital infra, including infra operators seeking to improve subsea cable resilience, Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank advancing plans to expand their data centres, and Indra melding its space and defence divisions as part of a strategic rethink.
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B2BOrange Business gains second SecNumCloud visa for AI focused cloud offering
Orange Business has secured a second SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification, strengthening its position in France’s rapidly evolving sovereign cloud market just as trusted cloud requirements become increasingly embedded in law.
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Special ReportExposing network APIs was the first step — building the business model is harder
Special Report #2/4: telcos still have a lot of work to do to develop API-based offerings that resonate with the requirements of users, observers say.
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PeoplewatchFrance Peoplewatch: Orange names new cloud lead; Bouygues’ B2B reorg
Latest strategic people moves in the French telecoms and digital infra sectors, including: Orange naming the CEO of its Unified Cloud Platform; new appointments at Bouygues Telecom following B2B division restructuring; and Eurofiber recruiting a fresh head of French operations…
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M&AOrange expands defence unit with private 5G platform acquisition
Orange looks to tap growing demand for ‘sovereign’ connectivity through the acquisition of Dome, a specialist private 5G platform serving defence and critical operations.
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Strategy & ChangeOrange Belgium steps up ‘mutualisation’ drive to deepen Group integration
From Dynamic SOC to Livebox, Belgian OpCo increasingly adopts Group commercial playbook, drawing closer to French parent.
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Analyst BriefingOrangewatch: now-consolidated MásOrange quick to make mark
Analyst Briefing: bringing together the latest on Orange from around TelcoTitans and beyond, including Group execs being upbeat on MásOrange despite competitive pressures; a new data centre joint venture with Morrison; and MásOrange denying rumours of ‘RANco’ plans with Vodafone Spain…
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PeoplewatchOrange Peoplewatch: AI leadership swaps in B2B; Utiq makes latest exec change
August 2026 edition: 20+ senior and strategic leadership changes at Orange, including new AI leadership at Orange Business and Orange Cyberdefense and the first executive switch-up at adtech venture Utiq since arrival of CEO Will Harmer.
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Analyst BriefingFrancewatch: SFR takeover review gets underway
Analyst Briefing: France’s telecoms market is entering another decisive phase, with the SFR takeover review now in national hands, Orange reshaping its infrastructure strategy, and regulators turning fresh attention to fibre quality as consolidation pressures build.
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NetworkOrange to unleash data centre value through €3bn JV
Group plans to bring five existing data centres into 50:50 joint venture with infra investor Morrison.
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InterviewFrom telecoms to national security: Orange DD&S champions dual-use tech with Drone 360 detection
Interview: As Direction Défense & Sécurité celebrates its one-year anniversary, Director Nassima Auvray speaks with TelcoTitans Orangewatch about the Business division’s sovereign counter-drone ecosystem solution for critical infra, and what’s up next…
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Analyst BriefingOrangewatch: SFR takeover becomes a very French affair
Analyst Briefing: Local antitrust body takes on SFR oversight; Orange completes MásOrange takeover; Group builds up Unified Cloud Platform; and more across the operator including AI-native comms, a Nokia deal in Belgium, and a cross-telco digital media deal…
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PeoplewatchOrange Peoplewatch: Group reconfigures AI and cloud leadership
July 2026 edition: 25+ recent senior and strategic leadership changes at Orange, including the Group switching out its AI chief, a series of moves to fill out the newly created Unified Cloud Platform division, and an Executive Committee overhaul at Orange Jordan.
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NetworkSovereign ambition: Orange raises curtain on Unified Cloud Platform
UCP reveal commences: new unit consolidates 700 cloud specialists from Business, OINIS and Wholesale, driven by the Group’s Trust the Future strategy. Intent includes industrialising private cloud capabilities, expanding as-a-service propositions, and addressing surging enterprise demand for data sovereignty and AI…
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PeoplewatchOrange’s AI chief Steve Jarrett makes switch to Anthropic
Jarrett joins US AI giant amid its wider push into Europe, leaving behind a legacy at Orange for successor Usman Javaid to run with.
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PeoplewatchOrange’s Javaid takes over as Group AI supremo
Steve Jarrett is vacating the Chief AI Officer role, although it’s not clear why, with Usman Javaid to fill the spot.
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NetworkSensing opportunity (and risk): will ISAC drive or drain next-gen network RoI?
Analysis: Telcos are exploring how a combination of growing military spend and the emergence of new integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) capabilities could generate new revenue growth opportunities, particularly around applications such as drone detection. But will operators be able to balance demand for high-performance solutions from the armed forces with their own commercial economics?
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B2BOrange beefs up cyberdefence business with Spanish expansion
French operator continues to bet on security and sovereignty as a path to B2B revival, in turbulent times, with the opening of new cybersecurity hubs in Barcelona and Madrid. The move also sees Orange continuing to build closer links with soon-to-be-consolidated Spanish business MásOrange.
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PeoplewatchOrange Peoplewatch: Belgian C-suite shake-up rolls on with new CIO
Latest 20+ senior and strategic leadership changes at Orange, including another appointment as part of a C-suite overhaul in Belgium, the recruitment of fresh domestic network leadership, and the Group’s former France boss moving to oversee a national fibre challenger…