Orange Business Services upgrades APAC IP network 
ConvergenceAsia staff
08/04/2009

Orange Business Services, France Telecom Group’s division for worldwide enterprise services and a leading information and communications technology provider, has enhanced its next-generation converged IP network in Asia Pacific to deliver greater coverage, capacity, performance and resilience to its multinational enterprise customers.

Designed to handle data, voice, video, mobility and versatile access methods, Orange Business Services’ next-generation network integrates innovations like Multicast, IPv6 and Telepresence support. In particular, the Orange network is capable of handling in-the-cloud application acceleration and security as well as converged voice, video and telepresence services.

“Enterprises operating in Asia Pacific need networks that will help them adapt to the new economic realities and the need for greater cost control, while responding in tandem to the demand for rapid presence anywhere, anytime as the business requires,” said Yee-May Leong, senior vice president Asia Pacific, Orange Business Services.

Orange Business Services’ APAC network includes 60 next-generation routers to support the company’s new service enhancements, such as: high bandwidth International Ethernet Link available in seven countries, including: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea; Network Boost for application prioritisation, management and SLA to ensure required quality for critical applications; IP VPN for Telepresence to meet enterprise needs to reduce travel costs and enable remote meetings; and Network Protect which provides embedded security needed by branch offices to deal with new threats and provide 24/7 managed security.

Orange Business Services is present in 40 countries in Asia Pacific. Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, key APAC backbone countries, are being transformed to a 2.5G bandwidth “ring” while India and Australia are connected by multiple 622M links. Trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe links have also been upgraded to Gbit/s levels. Domestic networks in key countries, including India, will reach Gbit/s level in 2009. All these capacities are dedicated to multinational customers’ intranet traffic and decoupled from the public Internet.

In Asia Pacific, Orange Business Services currently provides extensive coverage with IP VPN access through 87 PoP’s in 57 cities spanning 22 countries. In addition, Orange provides network services specific for the air-transport industry in 17 countries.

Specifically, India is a core hub in the Orange APAC backbone, offering IP VPN coverage in eight cities. New National Long Distance/International Long Distance licenses enable converged domestic and international services. Together with Global Services India, Orange Business Services provides customised network and infrastructure care.

In China, Orange Business Services is a market leader with more than 1,500 customer connections and best-in-class dual partnerships with China Netcom and China Telecom. The company offers IP VPN access in 200 cities as well as high speed Ethernet in 80 of them.

In ASEAN, Orange Business Services has enhanced its presence in Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia deploying more than 1,000 IP VPN ports. It is the first global operator in Vietnam to provide MPLS and will provide local PE and Ethernet access in Indonesia later this year.

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