Orange
Orange
Leverage our connectivity and customer experience platforms for your business
Leverage our connectivity and customer experience platforms for your business
Why this Challenge?
Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, with revenues of 39.7 billion euros in 2023 and 128,000 employees worldwide at 30 September 2024.
The Group has a total customer base of 292 million customers worldwide and is present in 26 countries (including non-consolidated countries). Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies under the brand Orange Business.
The Startups Challenges
Telco as a Platform
Orange is moving to a provider of digital services and capabilities. We seek partners to co-innovate and integrate our platform
Context / Need: Orange is on the way to deploy one platform to deliver a wide range of services relying on an on-demand, secure and quality-driven infrastructure for B2B, B2B2C, Wholesale business, developers and partners at scale.
Expected Solutions: Orange offers B2B customers a software defined secured connectivity that can be enriched with network services. Solutions to distribute compute at edge to improve performance and energy efficiency. On Smart Industry: predictive maintenance, overall equipment effectiveness follow-up, worker safety, augmented worker, drones for data collection to enhance processes. Solutions to feed production models with AI, to aggregate local data to monitor KPIs, to enable near miss detection and prediction of at-risk contexts.
Orange develops its network API ecosystem to create value on B2B. Embedding APIs to invent new services or proposing new API services.
Our commitment:
· Winners will be showcased at prominent global marketing and tech events
· Access to Orange Fab France start-up acceleration facilities, offering infrastructure expert support to qualify business opportunities with Orange and with its customers
Telco as a Platform
Orange is moving to a provider of digital services and capabilities. We seek partners to co-innovate and integrate our platform
Context / Need: Orange is on the way to deploy one platform to deliver a wide range of services relying on an on-demand, secure and quality-driven infrastructure for B2B, B2B2C, Wholesale business, developers and partners at scale.
Expected Solutions: Orange offers B2B customers a software defined secured connectivity that can be enriched with network services. Solutions to distribute compute at edge to improve performance and energy efficiency. On Smart Industry: predictive maintenance, overall equipment effectiveness follow-up, worker safety, augmented worker, drones for data collection to enhance processes. Solutions to feed production models with AI, to aggregate local data to monitor KPIs, to enable near miss detection and prediction of at-risk contexts.
Orange develops its network API ecosystem to create value on B2B. Embedding APIs to invent new services or proposing new API services.
Our commitment:
· Winners will be showcased at prominent global marketing and tech events
· Access to Orange Fab France start-up acceleration facilities, offering infrastructure expert support to qualify business opportunities with Orange and with its customers
Telco as a Platform
Orange is moving to a provider of digital services and capabilities. We seek partners to co-innovate and integrate our platform
Context / Need: Orange is on the way to deploy one platform to deliver a wide range of services relying on an on-demand, secure and quality-driven infrastructure for B2B, B2B2C, Wholesale business, developers and partners at scale.
Expected Solutions: Orange offers B2B customers a software defined secured connectivity that can be enriched with network services. Solutions to distribute compute at edge to improve performance and energy efficiency. On Smart Industry: predictive maintenance, overall equipment effectiveness follow-up, worker safety, augmented worker, drones for data collection to enhance processes. Solutions to feed production models with AI, to aggregate local data to monitor KPIs, to enable near miss detection and prediction of at-risk contexts.
Orange develops its network API ecosystem to create value on B2B. Embedding APIs to invent new services or proposing new API services.
Our commitment:
· Winners will be showcased at prominent global marketing and tech events
· Access to Orange Fab France start-up acceleration facilities, offering infrastructure expert support to qualify business opportunities with Orange and with its customers
GenAI-powered SaaS applications for B2B
Telco as a Platform
GenAI-powered SaaS applications for B2B
GenAI-powered SaaS applications for B2B
Responsible Artificial Intelligence for the right use
Responsible Artificial Intelligence for the right use
Responsible Artificial Intelligence for the right use
Enriched services for consumer
Enriched services for consumer
Enriched services for consumer
Selection Criteria
Innovation and market differentiation
of the value proposition
Business potential
with the Orange teams
Company's execution performance
Quality of the team
Rewards
Global Marketing and Tech Events
Winners will be showcased at prominent global marketing and tech events
They will be invited to exhibit at VivaTech 2025 and will get 4-day passes for the event
Orange Open Innovation start-up program
Access to Orange Open Innovation start-up acceleration facilities, offering infrastructure expert support to qualify business opportunities with Orange and with its customers
Strategic Distribution Partnership
Potential distribution agreement with our business units in Europe and MEA leveraging our PrplWrt and New Calling direct to consumer channels
Play an active role in our six business sectors
Your solution, product or service demonstrates that you can play an active role in LVMH's ecosystem and deliver on a large scale. Whether it be the creation process, the omnichannel customer journey, or operation and manufacturing, you support the Group's legacy of excellence and innovation in all areas of its 6 business sectors.
Fashion & Leather Goods
Wines & Spirits
Perfumes & Cosmetics
Watches & Jewelry
Other Activities
Selective Retailing
Timeline
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1/6/25
The applications are open
3/17/25
The applications are closed
4/8/25
The winners are announced
6/11/25
9th edition of VivaTech
FAQ
Who can apply?
Can I apply for more than one Startup Challenge/Award?
What is the difference between a Startup Challenge and an Award?
Is applying for an Award or Startup Challenge free?
Who can apply?
Can I apply for more than one Startup Challenge/Award?
What is the difference between a Startup Challenge and an Award?
Is applying for an Award or Startup Challenge free?
Who can apply?
Can I apply for more than one Startup Challenge/Award?
What is the difference between a Startup Challenge and an Award?
Is applying for an Award or Startup Challenge free?
Play an active role in our six business sectors
Your solution, product or service demonstrates that you can play an active role in LVMH's ecosystem and deliver on a large scale. Whether it be the creation process, the omnichannel customer journey, or operation and manufacturing, you support the Group's legacy of excellence and innovation in all areas of its 6 business sectors.
Fashion & Leather Goods
Fashion & Leather Goods
Wines & Spirits
Wines & Spirits
Perfumes & Cosmetics
Perfumes & Cosmetics
Watches & Jewelry
Watches & Jewelry
Global Marketing and Tech Events
Winners will be showcased at prominent global marketing and tech events
They will be invited to exhibit at VivaTech 2025 and will get 4-day passes for the event
Global Marketing and Tech Events
Winners will be showcased at prominent global marketing and tech events
They will be invited to exhibit at VivaTech 2025 and will get 4-day passes for the event
Selective Retailing
Selective Retailing