The goal of the “Orange for Development” initiative, a group-wide initiative, is to coordinate the business approach for the Group’s socioeconomic involvement and provide key principles of success in the areas of governance, partnership facilitation and demand stimulation.

France Telecom-Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, with 172,000 employees worldwide and sales of  €45.3 billion in 2011. Our Group provides services to 226 million customers in 35 countries for residential services and 220 countries and territories for business services.
One of Orange strategic pillars is international development, with a strong focus on Africa and the Middle East. Orange is present in 25 countries in these regions and Asia, with over 84 million subscribers and 21,000 employees in 2011.
Orange is a major player in emerging economies, and, as a signatory of the UN Global Compact, Orange considers Corporate Social Responsibility to be an integral part of the Group’s business. Accordingly, we have decided to make socio-economic development a strong driver of our strategy in emerging countries. Orange believes in innovative win-win solutions for the countries in which it is present and in co-developing these solutions in partnership with local and global stakeholders.