Orange Business Services has signed a three-year agreement with Orbit Showtime Network to provide IT and telecoms network services to the company, across the Middle East. Under the agreement, OSN will use the Orange Business Services private network to optimise and customise delivery of broadcast services, migrating from multiple legacy networks. Speaking about the deal, […]
Orange Business Services has signed a three-year agreement with Orbit Showtime Network to provide IT and telecoms network services to the company, across the Middle East. Under the agreement, OSN will use the Orange Business Services private network to optimise and customise delivery of broadcast services, migrating from multiple legacy networks.
Speaking about the deal, Bas Wijne, CIO at OSN, said: We sometimes need to add a new channel for our subscribers in as little as 48 hours so we needed a technology partner who could offer reliable network coverage, technical excellence and support services through a single point of contact. That partner also needed to be able to match the fast moving pace of our environment so it was important for them to understand our business and the way we sell and service our customers. The stability of the network is paramount because we have over five million viewers who need to be able to watch and pay for programmes on demand, and in addition get any technical support they might need, so it is a critical area of our operations.
Orange will provide analytical and consultancy services and then migrate the OSN networks to a single private network. The new network will ensure greater reliability and quality of the delivery of pay-to-view broadcast services to around five million viewers in homes across the region, whilst the network upgrade will also support OSNs drive for greater security and protection against piracy.
This network consolidation project supports the huge initiative OSN undertook in December 2010 to roll out a new platform with secure access and new state-of-the-art series of satellite receivers, including the OSN SHOWBOX HD, in every subscribers home.
Lionel Reina, VP EMEA for Orange Business Services, added: Creating a successful telecoms and technology solution in this situation lies in investing time in understanding the organisations challenges in order to deliver value for the business and their end customers. The Orange solution for OSN will help them accomplish this goal at the same time as optimising costs.
