Orange Business Services Wins Strategic Satellite Communications Contract with Petroleum Industry Leader BW Offshore
02 Setembro 2014 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
$12 million contract covers communications
between Oslo headquarters and 14 oil and gas production vessels to
help BW Offshore implement “at sea” offices
BW Offshore, a leading global provider of floating production
services to the oil and gas industry, has signed a 5-year, $12
million contract with Orange Business Services for an end-to-end
satellite communication solution for its fleet of
highly-specialized oil and gas production vessels. With a fleet of
14 owned Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels
and one Floating Storage and Offtake (FSO) vessel, BW Offshore is
the world’s second largest contractor of floating production
services.
Orange Business Services is providing Maritime VSAT – a fully
managed end-to-end satellite-based communication solution – which
fully integrates BW Offshore’s 14 vessels and two land-based
locations into the Orange MPLS network. This solution offers BW
Offshore personnel access to the exact same business applications,
communication and entertainment services at sea as on land, no
matter where the vessel is located. In addition, BW Offshore has
agreed to invest in Session Internet Protocol (SIP) trunking - the
use of voice over IP to facilitate the connection of a private
branch exchange (PBX) to the Internet - to enable the
implementation of unified communications for its 2,000 employees
regardless of their location.
From an administration point of view, the solution is in many
ways pioneering. For years, BW Offshore had multiple VSAT providers
with different contracts, quality of service and SLAs. The
communication solution from Orange Business Services connects the
floating and land-based personnel seamlessly in an end-to-end
network with the same high performance, quality of service and
security.
“By choosing the satellite-based solution from Orange Business
Services, we avoid many of the challenges we sometimes faced with a
multiple provider strategy, like high latency on VSAT links and
poor application performance on vessels at sea,” said Fritz Ekløff,
Senior Vice President of Corporate IT at BW Offshore. “We wanted a
single provider with end-to-end responsibility that could deliver
service with predictable speed, quality and security. The solution
is cost efficient and at the same time we get access to a wider
portfolio of services than we had before.”
“With the Orange maritime service, BW Offshore embodies the
concept of ‘office at sea,’” said Helmut Reisinger, senior vice
president, Orange Business Services Europe, Russia & CIS. “As
opposed to other VSAT providers, our satellite and land-based
services are fully integrated. As a result, BW Offshore gets access
to a secure, high-performing network from all sites, whether at sea
or on land. By choosing an end-to-end solution, the company avoids
using the public Internet which adds complexity and lowers overall
control, quality and security. Orange Business Services supports BW
Offshore with a unique blend of maritime and oil and gas industry
expertise. In addition, Orange Business Services is the only global
provider with its own local staff to install and support complex
satellite networks all over the world, which is critical for a
global company like BW Offshore.”
About BW Offshore
BW Offshore is a leading global provider of floating production
services to the oil and gas industry. BW Offshore is the world's
second largest contractor with a fleet of 1F4 PSOs and 1 FSO
represented in all major oil regions world-wide. The company also
operates additional 2 FPSOs. BW Offshore has a long track record on
project execution and operations, as well as a robust balance sheet
and strong financial capabilities. In more than 30 years of
production, BW Offshore has executed 38 FPSO and FSO projects. The
company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Further information
is also available on www.bwoffshore.com.
About Orange Business Services
Orange Business Services, the Orange branch dedicated to B2B
services, is a leading global integrator of communications
solutions for multinational corporations. With the world's largest,
seamless network for voice and data, Orange Business Services
reaches 220 countries and territories with local support in more
than 160. Offering a comprehensive package of communication
services covering cloud computing, enterprise mobility, M2M,
security, unified communications, videoconferencing, and broadband,
Orange Business Services delivers a best-in-class customer
experience across a global landscape. Thousands of enterprise
customers and 1.4 million mobile data users rely on an Orange
Business Services international platform for communicating and
conducting business. Orange Business Services was awarded four of
the telecom industry’s highest accolades at the annual World
Communication Awards 2013 – Best Global Operator, Best Cloud
Service, Best Enterprise Service and Best Small Business Service.
Orange Business Services is the only seven-time winner of Best
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Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications
operators with annual sales of €41 billion in 2013 and has 161,000
employees worldwide at June 30, 2014. Orange is listed on the NYSE
Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange
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Orange Business ServicesElizabeth Mayeri,
+1-212-251-2086elizabeth.mayeri@orange.comorOrangeSylvie Duho, +33
1 44 44 93 93service.presse@orange.com
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