The €23m contract is for five years, with the option of extending it to seven
Orange Belgium has been selected by the Flemish Government (Vlaamse Overheid) as trusted partner for mobile connectivity and IoT services for the next five years. The contract is worth €23 million over five years, with the option of extending the contract by a further two years.
Orange Belgium has provided services to the Flemish government since 2003. It was selected for this contract after a tender process, It was selected by the government following a tender process to support the administration’s innovation and digital transformation goals.
Under the terms of the contract, Orange Belgium is to provide communications for the public administrations in the Flemish region on mobile network, plus “a catalogue of services at competitive prices”.
They include mobile voice and data communications for professional use, IoT and M2M services to various administrative bodies. Orange Belgium is keen to highlight this as an example of being able to offer tailored services.
Framework agreement
The framework agreement between the partners involves more than 75,000 SIM cards and 9,500 cards for M2M and IoT. There is a great deal of stress on innovation in the press release, so we’ve asked Orange if during the next five years it expects to upgrade devices to eSIM. We’ll update this post when we have an answer.
Examples of the “value-added” services Orange Belgium will provide are: Mobile Intelligent Voice Services, Orange Phone app, Mobile Threat Protection, Smart Parking for EV, Start Walking 5G, IoT Live Objects and Mobile Antennas for Events.
The operator also highlights its proven track record in Flanders with the opening of the first 5G network in the port of Antwerp, the first permanent 5G Lab in Antwerp, and the roll-out of 5G technology in the cities of Antwerp, Ghent, Leuven, and along the Flemish coast.