Veolia to connect three million water meters over Orange’s LoRa network in France
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOver three million water meters will be connected to Orange’s LoRa network in France, after a subsidiary division of French water company Veolia appointed the telecoms provider to help digitise …
Orange launches commercial LTE-M network in France
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The French carrier expects to launch LTE-M in Spain and Romania by end-2019 French telecom operator Orange has announced the commercial launch of its LTE-M network in France. Orange already launched its LTE-M network in …
Orange Belgium, Nokia demo 5G use cases including autonomous cars
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail During the demo, the two partners reached a 6 Gbps throughput using the 3.5 GHz band Orange Belgium teamed up with Nokia to demonstrate the potential and future …
Orange’s €350m purchase of Basefarm will make it a “global player” in digital enterprise
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOrange has completed its acquisition of Basefarm through its subsidiary Orange Business Services. The deal signifies Orange taking an “important step” towards becoming “a global player” in digital enterprise, following …
European cellular IoT market to grow 384% by 2023, but telcos warned of LoRa, Sigfox
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe European market for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will grow to 416.5 million connections by 2023, from 86 million at the end of 2017, according to ABI Research. This growth, …
Cisco and Samsung join with Orange in 5G FWA smart city trial in Romania
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCisco and Samsung have completed the first successful 5G fixed-wireless tests on Orange’s live network in Romania. The fixed-wireless access (FWA) tests, in the 26 GHz band, have verified a …
AT&T among 15 operators to commit to GSMA’s IoT security guidelines
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMobile operators from every region have backed the GSMA’s new IoT security guidelines. AT&T is the only US operator so far to have committed to the GSMA measures; it is …
Orange launches AI acceleration program in Silicon Valley
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe new platform, dubbed Orange Fab, was launched in partnership with a group of investors and companies French telecommunication group Orange has launched Orange Fab, a Silicon Valley acceleration …
Industry welcomes Macron’s $1.85bn AI initiative as latest in new tech arms race
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench president Emmanuel Macron’s commitment to invest €1.5bn ($1.85bn) in new education and business initiatives around artificial intelligence (AI) was applauded by the telecoms industry, but only as the latest …
France-based Orange follows Macron’s AI promise with new jobs and training
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOrange said in a statement it supports the French government’s new plan on artificial intelligence (AI), and announced in tandem the acceleration of its own use of AI. The France-based …
