Orange Launches LTE-M Network in France and Confirms Further LTE-M Network Launches in Two Other European Markets
November 08 2018 - 6:58AM
Business Wire
- New LTE-M networks to foster Internet
of Things (IoT) market
- More than 98% of the population already
covered by LTE-M network in France
- Further LTE-M networks to launch in
Spain and Romania by end of 2018
As part of Orange’s ambition to succeed in the field of
connected objects, Orange today announces the commercial launch of
its Long Term Evolution for Machines (LTE-M) network in France. The
launch in France follows the opening of Orange’s first LTE-M
network in Belgium in May 2018. Orange will launch further LTE-M
networks in Spain and Romania by the end of 2018. The launches mark
Orange’s progress in serving the connected object market and
underline its commitment to deploy LTE-M and LoRa® as its leading
IoT technologies across its European footprint.
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Orange launches LTE-M network in France.
The network is ideal for applications in buildings or underground.
Source: Orange
Combination of IoT technology to address full range of IoT
use-cases
The combination of LTE-M and LoRa® technologies will enable
Orange to fully support the explosion in the IoT market and address
the broad range of use-cases. Orange will select the appropriate
technology on a country by country basis. LTE-M, which is a
technology specifically dedicated to connected objects and deployed
on Orange’s 4G networks will address objects that are on the move,
in buildings or underground places. It is therefore suitable for
logistical monitoring, telemonitoring, remote assistance and fleet
management. Furthermore, LTE-M technology benefits from all the
features of 4G including security, real-time connectivity and
international roaming, thanks to broad support of the technology
from other operators worldwide and already integrates with future
5G standards.
Complementary to this is LoRa®, a technology solution that
addresses very low battery power consumption use-cases with
(inexpensive) modules and with a large and growing ecosystem
from sensors to applications. Orange has been a long-standing
proponent of LoRa® technology deploying a national network in
France which some 250 corporate customers already using it.
International footprint for IoT market
Following the launch of its first LTE-M network in Belgium,
Orange has been undertaking extensive trials of LTE-M in several
other European markets throughout 2018 allowing customers, partners
and device manufacturers to test and develop different use-cases in
different sectors of activity like utilities electricity, gas and
water, industry and logistics. With the trials concluded, Orange
will now also launch commercial LTE-M networks in Spain and Romania
by the end of the year. Further pilots in Orange’s remaining
European markets continue.
A dedicated and scalable LTE-M offer for France
Orange through its enterprise arm, Orange Business Services will
now begin offering LTE-M technology to all companies in
metropolitan France that have subscribed to its 4G IoT offer.
Compatible with the entire IoT range of Orange Business Services,
the LTE-M offer already includes the functionality of Power Saving
Mode (PSM). This results in a breakthrough energy saving compared
to 2G/3G/4G IoT contributing to more environmental friendly use
cases and also reducing operation costs for our customers.
LTE-M compatible devices will be available by the end of the
year on Datavenue Market, the Orange Business Services marketplace
dedicated to IoT objects and connectivity.
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About OrangeOrange is one of the world’s leading
telecommunications operators with sales of 41 billion euros in 2017
and 150,000 employees worldwide at 30 September 2018, including
92,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of
261 million customers worldwide at 30 September 2018, including 201
million mobile customers and 20 million fixed broadband
customers. The Group is present in 28 countries. Orange is also a
leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to
multinational companies, under the brand Orange Business Services.
In March 2015, the Group presented its new strategic plan
“Essentials2020” which places customer experience at the heart of
its strategy with the aim of allowing them to benefit fully from
the digital universe and the power of its new generation
networks.
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