{
    "title": "Orange Business to provide European Union\u2019s backbone network for trusted data exchange",
    "modified_at": "2026-09-29 14:00:03",
    "published_at": "2026-09-29 14:00:00",
    "url": "https://orange.prezly.com/orange-business-to-provide-european-unions-backbone-network-for-trusted-data-exchange",
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    "body": "<ul class=\"release-content-list release-content-list--bulleted release-content-list--align-inherit\"><li><span><strong>Connects European institutions, bodies and agencies, as well as national public administrations, through a resilient cross-border digital infrastructure</strong></span></li><li><span><strong>Secure backbone for pan-European trusted data flows</strong></span></li></ul><p style=\"text-align: justify\">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. \u200b </p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">TESTA-EIRIS backbone services mark a significant step in modernizing the EU&rsquo;s communications infrastructure to create a more resilient, sovereign pan-European network. It will securely connect EU institutions, bodies, agencies and Member States. </p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Orange Business will provide the Layer 2 / Layer 3 backbone that enables the infrastructure&rsquo;s functionality, integration and long-term scalability. As the network operator, integrator and platform player, Orange will work closely with the European Commission&rsquo;s Directorate-General for Digital Services (DG DIGIT), the department designing, building and managing this digital ecosystem. </p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">&ldquo;<em>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&rsquo;s critical needs,</em>&rdquo; said <strong>Richard van Wageningen, President of Europe for Orange Business</strong>. </p><h4 id=\"supporting-a-smarter-safer-and-more-connected-eu-infrastructure\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Supporting a smarter, safer and more connected EU infrastructure</h4><p style=\"text-align: justify\">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. </p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">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.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">The solution will combine backbone infrastructure, cloud connectivity and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies securely connecting distributed sites. Evolution Platform, Orange Business&rsquo;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. </p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-8a455518-9be8-4918-b456-5f1c396933b7\">\n    \n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Media inquiries</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Elizabeth Mayeri, Orange Business</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:elizabeth.mayeri@orange.com\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"elizabeth.mayeri@orange.com\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>elizabeth.mayeri@orange.com</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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