DigiPlex
to provide
Microsoft
Azure
ExpressRoute
for the Nordics
Orange Belgium and Proximus
sign networking agreement
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igiPlex, a Nordic leader for innovative,
secure and sustainable data centres, has
announced it will provide Microsoft Azure
ExpressRoute in the Nordic market, offering
customers direct and secure hybrid-cloud
access through its Ulven data centre in Oslo.
The launch of the Azure ExpressRoute at
the Ulven data centre will create a private
digital superhighway, offering customers a
direct connection to Microsoft cloud services,
bringing next-generation connectivity and
faster performance, as well as unlocking
greater choice for access and the means to
implement hybrid cloud strategies.
The connection reinforces DigiPlex’s
position as one of the Nordic region’s
most connected data centre operators
and provider of choice for local Nordic and
international businesses. The collaboration,
which follows the launch of DigiPlex’s
Nordic Connect Platform, linking its main
data centres in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark, serves to further enhance the
cloud connectivity options available to
DigiPlex customers.
DigiPlex clients using the private gateway
will be able to establish faster to market and
secure connections with Azure ExpressRoute.
Connectivity via Azure ExpressRoute
offers a range of enhancements for
businesses including lowering operational
risks, improving performance, as well as
allowing for greater flexibility reliability and
predictable latency.
The agreement aims to allow the companies to meet growing customer demand
O
range Belgium and Proximus
have signed a term sheet to enter
into a mobile access network sharing
agreement by the end of the year.
This agreement aims to allow the two
companies to meet customers’ growing
demand in terms of mobile network
quality and indoor coverage.
Mobile access network sharing between
Orange Belgium and Proximus includes
2G, 3G and 4G technologies. This network
sharing will also allow quicker and more
comprehensive 5G rollout in Belgium.
Although they will share their mobile
access networks, the two companies
will retain full control over their own
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spectrum resources and they will continue
to independently operate their core
networks to offer a separate customer
experience and service.
In financial terms, Orange Belgium expects
this agreement to deliver cumulative
opex and capex savings of €300 million
over 10 years. Orange Belgium will spend
€130 million over the next three years to
implement this agreement.
Subject to a definitive agreement, the
shared mobile access network will be
planned, built and operated by a new
equally-owned joint venture starting in
Q1 2020.
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