Orange Business Services has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan and Berg Insight as the growth leader in the European M2M telecom services market.

The company was awarded the Market Penetration Leadership Award for M2M Telecom Services in Europe 2010 from Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert) and notes that this position is confirmed by the new research report, “The Global Wireless M2M Market – 3rd Edition, Berg Insight.”

The Market Penetration Leadership Award for M2M Telecom Services in Europe 2010 honors those companies that can quickly increase their market penetration in terms of revenue or units sold.

Orange Business Services (News - Alert) was able to centralize its vertical market expertise, exploit its enterprise-focused network capabilities in both mobile and fixed connectivity, and leveraged its International M2M Center to tap into global M2M opportunities.

Frost & Sullivan also recognized Orange Business Services ability to adopt an open approach toward R&D related to applications for M2M service offerings.

The latest M2M research report from Berg Insight shows that Orange Business Services had the highest percentage of growth in active SIMs between 2009 and 2010 among the top five European M2M communication players.

The company doubled its net adds between 2009 and 2010 achieving the second highest number of net adds.

Orange Business Services point out that these figures confirm Frost & Sullivan’s choice of Orange Business Services for the Market Penetration Leadership Award for M2M Telecom Services.

“The Frost & Sullivan award and Berg Insight report recompense our focused strategy and strong capabilities to answer the growing needs of our enterprise customers in the M2M field,” said Rodolphe Frugès, vice president of Internet of Things and M2M, Orange Business Services. “We want to be the partner of choice for companies looking to industrialize their M2M solutions. With a target ambition of 10 million active SIM cards in 2015 and many projects, we plan to continue making a difference in the European market by helping our customers benefit from the opportunities it can bring.”

Read a related article at TMCnet “Orange Business Services Is 'World Class' in Voice of the Customer Report.”

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