Orange Business Services (News - Alert) has bagged the 2011 Data Communications Service Provider of the Year award by international market research and technology analysts, Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert).

Orange Business won this title for its outstanding performance delivered in the Asia Pacific region. The company’s broad reach in the APAC region combined with its solid service portfolio and delivery capabilities positions Orange as a strong market participant in the data communications segment.

The company provides network coverage in more than 101 cities across 40 countries and territories in the Asia Pacific region with extensive access to its next-generation converged IP network.

Yee-May Leong, Senior Vice President, Orange Business Services Asia Pacific, said that their Business Services consistently provides for its multinational and local enterprise customers in Asia Pacific both world-class integrated communications services and solutions that meet their needs for coverage, capacity, performance and resilience.

“We also enjoy global recognition for our best-in-class customer experience. We are proud to be honored by Frost & Sullivan in 2011 as the Data Communications (News - Alert) Service Provider of the Year,” Leong said.

Customers are utilizing the resilient network infrastructure offered by Orange within Asia and to/from Europe and the U.S. with diverse cable paths linking the Asia Pacific network. In India, Orange has invested in more points of presence, ahead of other foreign carriers, and enjoys a head start in China by being the first to have network-to-network interfaces with both China Telecom and China Unicom (News - Alert), offering IP VPN access in 200 cities.

Arun Chandrasekaran, Research Director, ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan, said, “In 2010, Orange Business Services further strengthened its network footprint in Asia Pacific and now runs one of the most extensive networks in Asia Pacific with 157 points of presence.”

Orange Business, the France Telecom-Orange branch dedicated to B2B services, is one of the leading global integrator of communications solutions for multinational corporations.

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