All Orange articles – Page 6
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Suppliers & SCM
Orange re-ups with Nokia for 5G upgrade in France
Orange France plans broader trial of Nokia’s cloud RAN technology as part of an extended contract to upgrade parts of its network with the vendor’s AirScale products.
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Products & Services
Orange seeks home advantage with new value added services and store
Home services head Chem Assayag emphasises need to identify specific offerings that will have customer appeal.
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Analyst Briefings
Orangewatch Weekly: Signs of MásOrange’s masterplan emerge
MásOrange is reportedly juggling a number of projects as it explores ways to drive growth and reduce debt, with the aim of turning itself into an investment-grade operation in the eyes of Standard & Poor’s.
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Network & Infra
MásOrange, Vodafone Spain seek synergies with mobile infra JV — report
Operator duo reportedly looking to form tower joint venture to capture synergies and reduce operating costs. If confirmed, move would continue rejig of Spanish telecoms market and prompt questions over tower consolidation in the country…
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Marketing
Deutsche Telekom retains title of most valuable telecoms brand
Latest ranking from Brand Finance shows Deutsche Telekom remains the most valuable telecoms brand in the world, while expansive rival e& is the fastest growing.
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Suppliers & SCM
Orange signs up cybersecurity specialist Cyan for three more years
Munich‑based supplier signed its first group deal with Orange in 2018.
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Strategy & Change
MásOrange said to plan new B2B unit as part of growth ventures overhaul
Spanish operator is said to be eyeing further diversification as part of a wider strategy to drive growth and reduce debt.
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Products & Services
Cloud begins to clear for Orange’s Bleu; first services loom
Launched commercially in January 2024, the JV between Capgemini and Orange has now signed up 16 partners and is prepping first services based on Microsoft Azure.
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Public Affairs
MásOrange layoffs mired in legal challenge from unions
Ruling on legality of MásOrange’s redundancy plan delayed to end of next month as unions fight to protect 650 jobs at the recently merged operator.
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT unifies video analytics tech with NPAW tie-up
Operator enlists Barcelona-based analytics tech vendor to help cut out video glitches across eight European territories.
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Analyst Briefings
EMEA Infrawatch Briefing: Spain in spotlight; TowerCo team-ups; M&A next steps
Latest on EMEA Infra: Spain flagged as a frontrunner in legacy switch-off progress, thoguh concerns on fibre overbuild remain; Cellnex mulls path to home market consolidation; TowerCos in Europe and Africa seek to expand rural and transport connectivity; more…
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M&A
Cellnex flexes M&A muscle for Spanish tower consolidation
Cellnex has the urge to merge in Spain after flurry of telco M&A has left too many TowerCos chasing too few mobile network operators.
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Network & Infra
MásOrange CEO wants Spain to make spectrum fee cut
Meinrad Spenger proposes changes after charges reportedly led to joint venture’s failure to find a buyer for surplus 3.5GHz rights.
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Network & Infra
TowerCos, MNOs co-pilot Franco-German 5G highway project
A consortium of TowerCos and mobile network operators is to build continuous 5G coverage along main motorway linking France and Germany in latest EU-funded project.
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Analyst Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: partners in place for DRC, India network expansion
Latest from Vodafone, including launch of new Vodacom–Orange towers JV in the DRC; network automation deal ahead of Vi’s 5G switch-on; gov-funded contracts secured in the UK; more…
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Analyst Briefings
Telefónicawatch Briefing: Spain’s flip to fibre phase two
Reports highlight how Spanish telco and infra players, having established lead on push from copper to fibre, are now looking to iron out footprint imbalances across urban and rural areas. Read more…
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Network & Infra
Portugal, Sweden, and Spain lead race towards copper retirement
New Copper Switch‑Off Tracker names and shames markets that are dragging their feet on legacy network closures ahead of European Commission’s 2030 target date.
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Network & Infra
Spain’s fibre foundations need a fix-up
Market seen in self-adjustment mode to smooth out overlaps between FibreCo estates while also filling gap between urban and rural FTTH coverage.
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Network & Infra
Vodacom, Orange target rural 4G in DRC tower tie-up
Pair announce TowerCo joint venture with rural Democratic Republic of Congo communities in mind.
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Analyst Briefings
Deutsche Telekomwatch Briefing: API New Year, T-Wholesale reorg, BNetzA puzzler
Group flags first of its traditional start-of-year organisational tweaks with news it is to consolidate its domestic and international wholesale divisions. Meanwhile, the exec tasked with setting up telco platform venture Aduna is named. Read more…