Orange Business Services is part of the France Télécom group. Since June 2006, Orange Business Services has been the new commercial name of the new entity of the France Telecom Group dedicated to telecommunications solutions and services for enterprises, large and small, across the World. Orange Business Services was created in order to serve the global enterprise market consistently. Orange Business Services provides network and information technology business services in over 220 countries and territories, with teams located in 166 countries.
Orange Business Services helps 3750 multinational corporations with their network and IP requirements and 400,000 small and medium sized enterprises as well as a great number of the French large national accounts (LNA).
History
France Telecom acquired a majority stake of 54% in it in 2000 by merging its Global One unit into it. In 2005, France Telecom made a bid for all outstanding Equant stock and thus fully acquired it. Prior the acquisition by France Télécom. Equant was part of the SITA group of companies, which provided network services to the air transport industry through a strategic agreement with France Télécom and Equant. On June 1, 2006, Equant was renamed Orange Business Services. Equant is now negotiating with Mobinil to buy its shares in Egypt
