Orange Business lands leading role in EU fibre backbone upgrade

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Source: Orange

Operator selected as network partner for TESTA-EIRIS fibre backbone programme, through which the European Commission will provide networking and software solutions for public administrations. Move sees Orange continue to expand its backbone cable portfolio…

This article includes:

  • Organisations: DG DIGIT; European Commission (EC); European Union (EU); Meta; Orange; Orange Business; Orange Wholesale.
  • Geographies: Europe; France; Germany; North America; Spain; United States of America (USA).
  • Themes: backbone cables; cloud connectivity; connectivity services; cybersecurity services; dark fibre; data-link layer; digital sovereignty; Evolution Platform; fibre backbone; fibre-optic cable; high availability; multi-cloud environments; multi-core fibre technology; network layer; Network Operations Centre; petabit capacity; points of presence; private communications backbone; regulatory compliance; secure connectivity; Security Operations Centre; single-vendor lock-in; software applications; subsea cable; terrestrial interconnection; total cost of ownership; virtual private network

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