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How to reduce the environmental impact of public buildings in Brussels? Trigrr, an Orange Fab winner, is contributing with Smart Building, a world-first solution that orchestrates all the technologies used in a building. We met its CMO, Sébastien Degrave.

Orange Belgium aims to become the preferred tech & telco employer in Belgium, as a key pillar of its ‘Lead the Future’ strategy. To strengthen this ambition, the operator welcomes Orange Ventures, Orange’s venture capital investment subsidiary, to boost its support for tech talents and the local tech ecosystem in Belgium.

Yesterday, at BeCentral in Brussels, was the 6th edition of the Orange Fab start-up Accelerator Program. After a thorough preselection and pitch process, Builtwins, Shayp and Trigrr have been chosen by a jury to enter the operator's Accelerator Program for the duration of six months.

Orange proposera une sixième saison d’OrangeFab Belux en septembre. Depuis la création de son programme d’accélération de start-ups, en 2016, l’opérateur a accompagné une quinzaine d’acteurs dans la mise en œuvre de projets innovants visant le développement de nouveaux services ou produits ou contribuant à répondre à divers enjeux business ou commerciaux.

La 5ème saison d’Orange Fab était consacrée aux solutions AR, VR ou métavers contribuant à améliorer l’expérience clients ou à en créer de nouvelles. Virtual Rangers, Nirli et WithVR sont les 3 start-up lauréates de cette édition Orange Fab 2022. Ces start-up bénéficieront du programme d’accélération d’Orange pendant 6 mois.

After a thorough preselection and pitch process, Virtual Rangers, Nirli and withVR will be joining the 5th season of the Orange Fab program, allowing them to innovate on 5G applications within the global framework of the Orange Group and its 18 Orange Fabs all over the world. After Antwerp and Brussels, this year’s edition took place in Liège, at La Grand Poste, were the next Orange Belgium 5G Lab will soon open. The selected start-ups will receive support from Orange experts and premium access to Orange 5G Labs as well as the operator's contacts. The goal of the Orange Fab program is to build a long-term business partnership with those innovative start-ups, the theme of this 5th season being the development of new experiences (AR/VR/metaverse) on the Orange multigigabit network, focusing on new shop and retail experiences, entertainment, sports technology, and healthcare.

The Big Score is een internationaal event voor venture capital & bedrijfsinnovatie waar gevestigde multinationals en veelbelovende scaleups elkaar ontmoeten. Orange vertelt over hun ervaring in 2020.

Et si le moteur de l’innovation était la start-up ? C’est le postulat de l’accélérateur Orange Fab, qui développe des entreprises prometteuses tout en bénéficiant de leurs innovations. Explications.

Just as whales need the help of smaller fish to clean their teeth, so large corporates need the help of startups to improve their services. Aware of the strengths startups bring to the table, Orange, the telecommunications expert has launched its own accelerator. Silicon Luxembourg recorded a conversation between Juliette Malherbe, Orange Fab manager for Belgium and Luxembourg and Casius Morea, founder and CEO of EmailTree and graduate of Orange Fab’s accelerator.

Despite a challenging context, Orange Belgium is moving forward with Orange Fab, its acceleration programme for start-ups. After a thorough preselection and pitch process, Iristick, OTIV and MyPitch will be joining the 4th season of the programme, allowing them to innovate on 5G applications within the global framework of the Orange Group and its 18 Orange Fabs all over the world.

How do you innovate when your core-business is tyres? And with what application for their new mobile network can you surprise one of the largest telecom providers? To find out, we spoke with the innovation czars of both tyre manufacturer Bridgestone and mobile operator Orange Belgium. Both will present key operational challenges to tech startups at The Big Score with one clear goal: score tech solutions.

How could Orange bring its technology to the air cargo industry? A new partnership agreement with Liege Airport to develop the internet of things and smart services was signed with Orange Belgium during the WeCargo. In practical terms, this means that Orange Belgium and Liege Airport will select together which cargo activities to study and for which technological solutions will be implemented. These case studies will serve the operators and businesses working at the airport. “We are delighted to work with Liege Airport in developing innovative solutions. The logistics sector presents many opportunities to make the most of our technological expertise concerning connected objects or track & trace solutions. We also welcome the possibility to help develop this economic activity hub, which is so important for the Liege region”, said Michaël Trabbia, CEO of Orange Belgium.