Orange Business Services, a key brand of France Telecomand a provider of voice services and data solutions, recentlyannounced it has increased the capacity of its next-generation IP network in Latin America by two and a half times.

 

The expanded network capacity has been put in place in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela. The company also plans to upgrade networks in Honduras and Panama in 2009.

 

In addition to this news, Orange is deploying new innovative network equipment to deliver new services, such as Multicast, Telepresence (News - Alert) and Network Boost, a network-based application performance management solution.

 

“Latin America is a key market for us, and we are seeing an increase in global expansion by both our multinational and our Latin American customers,” said Javier Semerene, vice president, sales and marketing, Latin America, Orange Business Services (News - Alert). “With our new infrastructure enhancements, we can deliver even more redundancy and new advanced services to ensure a world-class customer experience.”

 

Besides providing network services via its regional network with 160 points-of-presence (PoPs) across 31 countries,  Orange also offers integration and professional services and currently has more than 500 customer service and operations professionals at its major Customer Service Center located in Brazil.

 

Orange, as a single service provider, is able to provide global end-to-end services with reporting and SLAs that are measurable and meaningful to its clients’ businesses. In Latin America and around the world, Orange maintains all components of customers’ communications needs, including deployment, installation, on-site maintenance and service management.

 

The company has sales offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. Some of its Latin American customers include Belcorp, Cargill, Cementos BIO BIO, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and PROSA.

 

The NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) was launched in June 2005 and will allow the company to continue working on its transformation as an integrated operator and will also make France Telecom (News - Alert) the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe.

 

In 2006, Orange became France Telecom’s single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in most of countries where the company operates, and Orange Business Services the banner for services provided to businesses worldwide.

 

France Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and one of the world leaders in delivering global telecommunication services.