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evolutions and challenges

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evolutions and challenges

Our infrastructures are growth drivers. This is why networks are a core  priority in France Telecom-Orange’s conquests 2015 project.

3 objectives

The Group’s networks strategy aims to achieve three objectives:

  • increase coverage and bandwidth to anticipate explosive growth in usage
  • continually improve network quality of service
  • monetise the value of data transport services. The keys to this are adapting our offers and rate structures and developing a coherent range of digital products and services.

major investments

Investments in networks represented 55% of total Group investments in 2011, an increase of 2% compared with 2010. France Telecom-Orange invested 3.2 billion euros in its infrastructure:

  • for mobile services in most of European countries with the renewal of the radio access network (RAN);
  • in Africa to accelerate deployment of 3G in four new countries in 2011 (Niger, Senegal, Kenya and Guinea), giving Orange 3G coverage in 13 African countries;
  • in submarine cables, for cable laying and maintenance as well as major projects like the ACE and LION 2 cables;
  • in fiber with the ramp-up of the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) programme in France as part of plans to invest over 2 billion euros by 2015;
  • in very high broadband thanks to the two-fold technical and financial success of the Group’s bid for 4G frequencies in France.

These investments have already delivered tangible results. In 2011, French regulator ARCEP ranked the Orange mobile network as the best in France – the Group’s largest market – with network speeds two to five times faster than those of competing networks. This is a major plus to deliver the best possible customer experience. Networks are also a source of revenue and a key asset in an increasingly competitive market.

Orange continues to invest in Africa, the Middle East and Asia

 
last update: 08 March 2013
 
 
 
 
 
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