Orange Belgium proudly opened its brand new data center in Hoboken, Antwerp today, in presence of Flemish Minister of Innovation Philippe Muyters. The 1000 m² data center will help Orange to manage the growing demand for mobile usage of its customers by handling the billions of day-to-day connections Orange customers make to surf, call and sms. Orange Belgium invested over 14 million EUR in the construction of this best-in-class data center.

LCC’s latest independent performance benchmark in Belgium confirms Orange Belgium’s networks are outstanding for voice and data services. Orange Belgium was even awarded an official certificate for its Mobile Voice and Mobile Web Browsing networks as well as the most reliable file transfer in both metropolitan and rural areas of Belgium.

Orange Belgium welcomes the ambition of Fluvius to roll out open optical fibre with passive access. In 2019 a pilot will start in 5 cities and municipalities (where the city of Genk will be first in line to be connected) aiming to connect 15.000 households.

Orange Belgium's Board of Directors has validated the nomination of Werner De Laet as Chief B2B, Wholesale and Innovation Officer, starting January 1st, 2019.

Gathering B2B, Wholesale and Innovation activities under one single management will allow to simplify Orange Belgium’s organisation and to support the strategic priorities for the enterprise market, in particular the further development of convergent and ICT services, as well as the development of Internet of Things. The new organisation will be put in place as from January 1st.

Ingrid Gonnissen, Chief Enterprise Officer at Orange Belgium and ‘ICT Woman of the Year 2018’, kicks off a Young Potential Boost Camp to support young female potentials in the ICT world.

The Young Potential Boost Camp is a mentorship programme designed to provide engaging, informative experiences and activities that will speed young female potentials on their way to a successful career in ICT.

Orange Fab, Orange’s exclusive international accelerator network, kicked off its second edition in Belgium and Luxembourg this September. 45 start-ups and scale-ups submitted an application to participate. On October 1st, 10 start-ups presented their innovative products and services to a jury of professionals. Chatlayer, iReachm and Thingsplay were selected to officially participate in this second season of Orange Fab BeLux.

Orange Belgium announces it has signed a partnership with KANAL – Centre Pompidou, the brand new museum of Modern and Contemporary art in the iconic Citroën garage in Brussels. In the presence of Didier Gosuin, Minister of Economy and Employment of the Brussels-Capital Region, and Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of the Orange Group, the agreement was signed by Michaël Trabbia, CEO of Orange Belgium, Yves Goldstein, Director at KANAL Foundation and Denis Laoureux, Deputy chairman of the KANAL Foundation board.

Today Orange Belgium was the first to present a set of real use cases that rely on the much anticipated 5G technology. In Liège, in the presence of CEO of the Orange Group, Stéphane Richard, Orange Belgium teamed up with Nokia to demonstrate the potential and future applications of  5G. Orange Belgium confirms its ambition to deploy the 5G technology as soon as possible for its residential and business customers.

Orange Fab, Orange’s exclusive international accelerator network, kicks off its second edition in Belgium and Luxembourg. Scale-ups from all over Belgium and Luxembourg can submit an application to participate. The main objectives are to create a commercial acceleration between the scale-ups and the Business Units of Orange Belgium and Luxembourg and to help them grow thanks to Orange’s worldwide footprint.  In September, the selected scale-ups will present their innovative products and services to a jury of professionals.