Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Orange Marine cultivates its cable fiber

Technology: At the head of 15% of the world cable fleet, Orange Marine, a subsidiary of the historic operator, continues to make its mark in the sector of installation and maintenance of submarine cables.

It must be said that the President and CEO of Orange can boast of being at the head of one of the last operators in the world to have his own a subsidiary specially dedicated to the construction of what constitutes today now the nerve centers of digital information: submarine fiber optic cables .

With a turnover estimated according to the registers filed with the RCS at 68.3 million euros in 2017, for a net profit of 1.3 million euros at the end of the same financial year, Orange Marine is essential in Indeed, as a major player in the laying and maintenance sector of these cables, through which 95% of telecommunications now pass, leaving only a small portion to the satellites.

Originally known as the branch dedicated to submarine cables from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the company, now headed by Didier Dillard became a 100% subsidiary of the Orange group in 1999. An investment deemed strategic by both incumbent operator only by the French authorities, who see the construction of the submarine cable network as a strategic sector.
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This is confirmed by Jean-Luc Vuillemin, Director of Networks and International Services for Orange. Joined by ZDnet, the latter indeed indicates that “certain countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, Japan or France with Orange Marine have made strategic choices in terms of national sovereignty by keeping maritime operators at home, in order to counter any eventuality in the event of a geopolitical crisis or natural disaster ”.

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