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Orange and Equinix bring cloud agility to telco infrastructure through ‘ as-a-Service ’ capability
Orange and Equinix have announced that Orange has expanded its Telco Cloud footprint in Amsterdam , Madrid and Seattle using Equinix ’ s Bare Metal- As-a-Service capability – Equinix Metal – to speed the deployment of its New Generation International Network .
The new model enables Orange to provide business and wholesale customers with powerful on-demand Telco Cloud Points of Presence ( PoPs ), delivering essential services such as SD-WAN , CDN , 5G roaming and voice services , with an expected latency below 10 milliseconds .
By integrating with Equinix ’ s automated dedicated Bare Metal- As-a-Service located in proximity to its existing networks at Equinix , Orange can quickly meet customer demand for growth , deploying in weeks from inception ( instead of months ).
Leveraging Equinix Metal , Orange accelerates its next-generation services without the up-front CAPEX or complexities of global supply chains , while retaining full choice and control over IT infrastructure and Digital Transformation projects .
“ We are delighted to partner with Equinix to deploy Orange Telco Cloud PoPs technology on top of Equinix Metal ,” said Jean-Luc Vuillemin , Executive Vice President , International Networks at Orange .
“ By embracing an ‘ As-a-Service ’ infrastructure model and focusing investment in our SDN and VNF capabilities , Orange can provide a fully flexible and elastic solution to customers , speed up the deployment of our planned 100 Telco Cloud PoPs and quickly adapt capacity to meet demand .” p
LEVERAGING EQUINIX METAL , ORANGE ACCELERATES ITS NEXT- GENERATION SERVICES WITHOUT THE UP-FRONT CAPEX OR COMPLEXITIES OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS .
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