How Orange teams are central to Paris 2024

Sport and tech: bringing immersive experiences to major events

Magazine summary

Almost 1,000 Orange employees are getting ready to support the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Whether technicians, network experts, or engineers, everyone is committed to making this major event a collective success. Discover the faces behind the Games through these video stories.

Discover the faces behind the Games through these video stories

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As an installation technician, Yann’s role at Orange is to deploy connectivity at the Nice stadium for Paris 2024. One year before this major event begins, Yann is connecting the cables in the parking lot where the outside broadcasting vans will be parked to produce and broadcast the football matches. He shares his delight at taking part in this one-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Stéphanie is project managing our fiber deployment in the South-East region of France and is also an Orange Team Leader (OTL) supporting the 2023 Rugby World Cup and Paris 2024. Here, she shares her passion for sport and her role managing a team of technicians and network experts responsible for delivering Orange connectivity in a stadium.

Our Radio Engineer Daniel is working at the Marseille marina, which is getting ready to host the Paris 2024 sailing events. He explains how we’re getting ready to connect the boats competing within the harbour, ensuring they can be located and timed to determine the winners.

Christelle is a Multi-service technician and will be working at the Olympic site in Bordeaux. Learn more about the different phases of her duties, from the initial preparation to supporting journalists, staff, and organizers... including installing vital connected equipment.

Romain is an Orange Team Leader (OTL) working in Paris. Learn more about the roles and responsibilities of our OTLs and how Orange is equipping the various Olympic sites.

There are so many people involved in designing and deploying solutions to make sure the competitions are broadcast successfully. Here are just four of them: Stéphanie (Orange Team Leader), Ibrahim (Multi-service technician), Tricia (Multi-service technician) and Jess (Orange Team Leader).