Orange Business

Orange Business
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryInformation technology
Consulting
PredecessorEquant (November 2000)
Global One (January 2000)
Founded1 June 2006; 18 years ago (2006-06-01)
(as Orange Business Services)
Key people
Aliette Mousnier-Lompre (CEO)
RevenueIncrease €7.930 billion (2022)[1]
Increase €317 million (2022)[1]
Number of employees
Increase 30,000[1]
ParentOrange S.A.
Websitewww.orange-business.com

Orange Business, the business services arm of Orange S.A., is a global integrator of communications, products, and services for multinational corporations.[2]

On 16 February 2023, Orange Business Services got renamed to Orange Business.[3]

Orange Business offers integrated communications products and services to global enterprises in cloud computing, unified communications, collaboration, big data, Internet of things, and artificial intelligence,[4] which manage and integrate the complexity of international communications and software applications.[2]

Orange Business was founded on 1 June 2006,[5] through a rebranding and consolidation of the existing France Telecom businesses of Equant and Wanadoo.[6][7][8] Orange Business also acquired giants like Business & Decision and Basefarm in recent years who specializes in Analytics, Data Science, Cloud etc.

Operating in over 220 countries and territories, the company employs over 21,000 employees in 166 countries.[9] Over last few years, €700 million were invested in research and development with dedicated 8,000 employees including scientists, engineers, developers, designers, sociologists, and marketers.

Orange Labs is made up of 12 research and development and innovation centers across four continents and has 7,000 patents. It's ranked the 19th most innovative company worldwide.[10]

  1. ^ a b c Facts & figures - Orange Business Services www.orange-business.com
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  3. ^ "Orange Business: a new ambition for business services".
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  10. ^ "Innovation in 2018". BCG Global. 7 July 2020.