PARIS: Four years ahead of the Games, global telecommunications major Orange has become third premium partner and official supplier to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
According to French newspaper Le Parisien, Orange’s investment in the partnership will total a whopping €144 million ($167 million).
The partnership was announced by Orange’s chairman and CEO Stéphane Richard and Paris 2024’s president Tony Estanguet, in the presence of the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.
About 4 billion viewers gathered to enjoy the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012, and fans made more than 20 million calls within the venues. In 2024, people will be sharing more photos and videos than ever.
To address these needs, Orange will connect all the Games venues with fibre optic and mobile networks. It will connect its first site under this partnership, the future head office of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Saint-Denis, in early 2021.
Orange is a standard-setting partner to large-scale international events including the UEFA Euro 2016, Tour de France and Roland-Garros.
