Orange to provide long distance services in India

".... The license will significantly increase our business growth in the country. More importantly we will now be able to serve our global and Indian customers more effectively, Orange Business Services India CEO Sanjay Vig said.     

This would enable the company to offer services directly to multi-site corporate customers in the Indian as well as the international market.     
The company would roll out services through its Joint venture company Equant Network Services India Private Ltd.     

Besides, Orange also plans to offer a variety of connectivity and network related services in India including Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN), Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), network- related managed services and adaptive network solutions for enterprises, it added.     

The company currently employs more than 2,000 people in India, serving more than 680 Indian and multinational clients, including Pfizer, Citibank, Standard Chartered, Deloitte and WNS among others.