The Belgian railway company SNCB has again awarded a large-scale contract to Orange Belgium. Orange will provide connectivity for approximately 13,000 employees and 11,000 connected devices ranging from smartphones and tablets for ticket collectors to train drivers, screens or ticketing machines and smart parking solutions.

As from today the customers of Waasland Shopping will enjoy a brand new experience, thanks to Orange Belgium’s smart parking solution. Based on sensors, smart cameras and a mobile application, the smart parking solutions allows, for instance, customers to be directly guided to available parking spots through their mobile device.

After serving during 4 fructuous years as Orange Belgium’s Chief Financial Officer, Arnaud Castille will leave his functions as from 1st March to pursue other activities. He will be replaced by Antoine Chouc, currently Chief of Staff of the CEO of the Orange Group.

Antoine Chouc has been appointed Chief Financial Officer as from 1st March. He is to replace Arnaud Castille who decided to pursue other activities.

For the 10th time in a row, Orange Belgium was elected as TOP EMPLOYER by the Top Employers Institute. It is a great recognition for Orange Belgium’s numerous efforts in providing a digital and caring working environment to its more than 1.400 employees.

In a unique partnership with with audio-visual & event creation company acTVty and technology group Cronos, Orange Belgium is launching a new mobile application today that monitors crowd density all over Belgium in real time. Orange Belgium hereby capitalizes on their proven experience in anonymizing nationwide customer data into a simple and comprehensive heat map representing crowd density.

• Online shopping: a first for 6% of customers due to Covid19
• 64% of customers will spend more than 100 euros in Christmas gifts
• Online shopping via the smartphone grew from 35% to 51% in just one year
• Almost 60% of customers apply specific hygiene rules when receiving a delivery

Orange Belgium's Board of Directors validated the nomination of Isabelle Vanden Eede as Chief Brand, Communication & CSR Officer and Bart Staelens as Chief Transformation & Customer Experience Officer, both starting December 1, 2020.

Orange Belgium is the first telecom operator of Belgium, and one of the first in the world, to introduce new SIM cards which are produced with 100% recycled plastic. Combined with the recent launch of Half ID SIM and eSIM earlier this year, Orange Belgium strives hard to reduce its plastic consumption and overall footprint.

Based on IoT sensor technology, Orange Belgium and CommuniThings smart parking solutions allow visitors to park up to 30 minutes free of charge at selected locations throughout Greater Bruges. Local authorities will leverage sensor alerts on parking overtime to monitor the mobility in their city and act swiftly against parking violation, thereby enforcing in real-time their parking policy.

Orange Belgium launches a series of initiatives to help the Belgian population and caretakers in facing the second wave of the Covid19 pandemic. The operator will offer every single residential and business customer, including small offices and independents, 5GB of free mobile internet per month until the end of the year. Orange Belgium shops remain open.