
Orange Belgium says THANK YOU to its
customers for raising €265,444 for Belgian
charities via Orange’s Thank You loyalty
program, while redoubling efforts to reduce the
environmental footprint and digital gap
In May 2022, Orange Belgium expanded the Orange Thank
You loyalty program, enabling customers to donate the
value of their loyalty gifts to organizations that support
sustainable practices and promote digital and social
inclusion. This campaign successfully raised a total of
€265,444 for local charities Natuurpunt, Natagora and
ToekomstATELIERdelAvenir (TADA). Meanwhile, Orange
Belgium earned the CO2Neutral label for the 9
th
year in a row.
Orange Belgium’s digital and innovative b-brand
hey! partners up with Royale Union Saint-Gilloise,
starting the 2 August 2022 against Rangers FC in
the UEFA Champions League
Orange Belgium’s b-brand hey! becomes the proud sponsor
of football club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (USG). The
second of August, hey! did its first appearance as sponsor
of the USG players in the 3
rd
qualifying round of the UEFA
Champions League against Scotland’s Rangers FC. Through
a strong recognition of shared values and to strongly
establish its brand throughout the country, hey! will sponsor
last season’s Belgian vice-champions during the European
games of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa
League, and the games of the Belgian Jupiler Pro League.
Orange Belgium’s multigigabit cloud-native
production network takes form as it accelerates
the deployment of 5G together with its partners
Ericsson, Nokia and Oracle
Orange Belgium is deploying a 5G stand-alone core network
on a cloud-native architecture together with its partners
Ericsson, Nokia and Oracle, allowing virtualized end-to-end
networks and combining the best of technical, IT and data
management solutions. Together they show the full potential
of 5G while investing in next-generation services. Orange
Belgium’s 5G stand-alone core network on a cloud-native
architecture enables network slicing, a network feature
where each isolated slice is independent and can have its
own resources. Each slice is tailored to meet the varying
characteristics of applications in the most efficient and
flexible ways possible. Orange Belgium’s technical team
works closely with the Orange Group Innovation Network
team, which has been co-preparing the integration, and with
Ericsson for the Packet Core, Oracle Communications for
the Signaling and Routing Network Functions, Nokia for the
Subscriber Data Management, and the New Radio.
Orange Belgium celebrates the one-year
anniversary of its B-brand hey! with new deals
and an exclusive party for its community
Orange Belgium proudly announces the first anniversary of
hey!, its B-brand that addresses the needs of digital-savvy
customers. Since its launch a year ago, hey! has successfully
reached Belgian younger generations with new offers and
partnerships and by fostering a strong community spirit
among young clients. The third of October, a special birthday
deal will be launched: 10 GB for €10 for the first 12 months,
which after 1 year becomes 20GB thanks to the loyalty boost.
Moreover, fans keen on treasure hunting will be invited to an
exclusive celebration party on October 15th, at the Atomium
in Brussels.
Orange Belgium and KPN investigate how
Westerschelde can become the world’s smartest
waterway with 5G
Orange Belgium and KPN will investigate how 5G technology
can accelerate the further digitalization of one of Europe’s
most important waterways. To this end, it submitted a grant
application to the European Commission. Today, Petra De
Sutter, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Civil
Service, Public Enterprises, Telecommunications and Post,
presented the projects that were held back by Europe.
And the “5G Estuary” - the Belgium-Netherlands waterway
corridor study by Orange Belgium and KPN, is one of them. A
cross-border digital corridor : The Westerschelde is of great
importance to the economies of Belgium and the Netherlands
and is one of the busiest waterways in the world with
shipping traffic to the seaports of Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent,
Terneuzen and Vlissingen, accounting for more than 150,000
ships per year.
Orange Belgium’s customer experience-focused
network investments result in outstanding scores
in the latest Opensignal benchmark study
Orange Belgium’s mobile network has received top marks
in the recent Opensignal benchmark report. Furthermore,
the operator earned the largest haul of awards in the latest
analysis of the Belgian mobile network experience. With
excellent scores for the customer-centric categories Games
Experience, Upload Speed Experience, Core Consistent
Quality and Excellent Consistent Quality, Orange Belgium
proves its constant focus on an optimal customer experience
in the network. On top of that, Orange Belgium aims to offer
its customers more efficient and faster services.
Orange Digital Center launches a new free
training project: a partnership with La Ferme
du Parc Maximilien to highlight biodiversity and
animal welfare in a pedagogical way
The newly established Orange Digital Center launched
its first training project in cooperation with the ASBL La
Maison, which supports autistic children and adolescents.
Participants with very diverse educational and social
backgrounds attended a training course on design thinking
and the Internet of Things (IoT). Following the success of
this first project, a new project was launched quickly: a
partnership with urban farm La Ferme du Parc Maximilien.
Participants in this initiative worked for this urban farm, which
offers a space to share, play and experiment, for everyone
who wants to reconnect with nature and preserve the
environment.
Orange Belgium launches new gaming pack. Ultra
Gaming allows gamers to enjoy Microsoft’s Xbox
All Access offer: an Xbox Series S console with
24 months of unlimited access to hundreds of
games
The “Ultra Gaming” pack is available for Orange Belgium
customers thanks to a strategic partnership with Microsoft.
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