Telecom Lead Europe: Heineken has signed a 5-year telecom contract with Orange Business Services.
As per the agreement, Orange Business Services will unify the majority of Heineken’s communications infrastructure connecting 60,000 employees across 1,100-plus sites in 53 countries.
Orange Business Services will deploy secured and scalable private network to Heineken’s existing locations including countries such as Belarus, Brazil, Ethiopia, La Réunion, Poland, Russia, St. Lucia, and South Korea.
The network solution will support Heineken’s international expansion in high-growth regions such as Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America.
The new telecom network will enable Heineken employees to access their work environment.
Orange Business Services says its application and network optimization solutions will ensure communication fluidity and prioritization of business critical applications.
The brewer will benefit from Orange Business Services’ audio conferencing and global voice services that enable reliable, enterprise-class call quality for more productive meetings.
Plans are underway to deliver video conferencing and telepresence services in the near future.
Heineken selected Orange Business Services to achieve business goals such as network consolidation, lower total cost of ownership and enhanced governance, sustainable top-line growth and improved employee collaboration.
Helmut Reisinger, senior vice president, Orange Business Services Europe, Russia & CIS, said: “By offering access to world-class innovation and new collaborative technologies, Orange brings real business value to Heineken as it looks for ways to leverage the scale of its global organization. With a direct presence in 166 countries around the world, Orange can effectively deliver global solutions to Heineken.”
