Orange Business to provide European Union’s backbone network for trusted data exchange

  • Connects European institutions, bodies and agencies, as well as national public administrations, through a resilient cross-border digital infrastructure
  • Secure backbone for pan-European trusted data flows

Orange Business has been selected as the trusted network partner for TESTA-EIRIS (Enhanced Infrastructure for Reliable Interconnectivity and Security) to provide a highly secure, isolated private communications backbone for public administrations across European Union (EU) Member States. ​

TESTA-EIRIS backbone services mark a significant step in modernizing the EU’s communications infrastructure to create a more resilient, sovereign pan-European network. It will securely connect EU institutions, bodies, agencies and Member States.

Orange Business will provide the Layer 2 / Layer 3 backbone that enables the infrastructure’s functionality, integration and long-term scalability. As the network operator, integrator and platform player, Orange will work closely with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Digital Services (DG DIGIT), the department designing, building and managing this digital ecosystem.

“As reliance on digital technologies increases and cyber threats continue to evolve, the EU has placed digital trust at the heart of its strategic priorities. Core to the TESTA-EIRIS backbone project is the drive to build a secure, trusted European digital ecosystem. Orange Business is proud to be chosen to deliver this robust, adaptable, and future-proof infrastructure to support the EU’s critical needs,” said Richard van Wageningen, President of Europe for Orange Business.

Supporting a smarter, safer and more connected EU infrastructure

Through strategic design and clear governance, this new secured-by-design network will support European digital initiatives and improve administrative interactions, making it easier to implement policies across the EU.

Orange Business will provide critical building blocks across core capabilities for the network, supported by a strong Network Operating Center and Security Operating Center. Built on a single backbone connecting at least 12 Points of Presence (PoPs) across five strategic European regions, the architecture will deliver secure-by-design, high availability (99.999%) and resilient connectivity across sites and multi-cloud environments.

The solution will combine backbone infrastructure, cloud connectivity and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies securely connecting distributed sites. Evolution Platform, Orange Business’s AI-first, trusted connectivity platform for delivering enterprise digital services, will replace dedicated hardware with software-based virtual services. This platform model provides a simpler and fully digital customer journey and is built on a foundation of trusted, sovereign European infrastructure.

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Elizabeth Mayeri, Orange Business

 

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Orange Belgium is one of the leading telecommunications operators in the Belgian market, with a turnover of € 966.5 million, 3.6 million mobile customers and over 1 million fixed broadband customers on 30 June 2026, and in Luxembourg via its subsidiary Orange Communications Luxembourg. Thanks to its own fixed and mobile networks, it offers both residential and business customers fixed and mobile connectivity services and converged packages (internet, telephony, television, including original TV content: Be tv, Orange Sports, etc.). As a responsible operator, Orange Belgium invests to reduce its ecological footprint and promote sustainable and inclusive digital practices. Orange Belgium is also a wholesale operator, offering its partners access to its infrastructure as well as a broad portfolio of connectivity and mobility services, including offerings based on Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT). 

Orange Belgium is a subsidiary of the Orange Group, which operates in 26 countries and had a total customer base of 300 million worldwide on 30 June 2026. Orange is also one of the world’s leading providers of telecommunications services to multinational companies under the Orange Business brand.

Orange Belgium is listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange (OBEL). 

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