Orange Business Services Acquires Ocean to Strengthen Its Vehicle Fleet Management Activities
16 Abril 2015 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
By integrating Ocean’s operations in its own activities, Orange
Business Services is creating a new leader on the French and
European markets – with over 100,000 managed vehicles. This
acquisition supports a strong growth ambition on the European
market and will leverage advanced expertise and technologies to
accelerate the development of new solutions for connected
objects.
Founded in 2003, Ocean became one of the leaders on the French
market of fleet management and vehicle tracking solutions thanks to
its vertical approach and innovative technology choices. The
company, which currently manages 45,000 vehicles for 2,000
corporate clients, will become an operational unit of Orange
Applications for Business – the digital services division of Orange
Business Services specializing in connected objects, the
digitalization of customer experience, Big Data and data
analytics.
The merger of Orange's Fleet Management activities - launched in
2005 with dedicated Machine-to-Machine (M2M) offers and managing
today over 60,000 vehicles - and Ocean gives rise to a new industry
leader in the European market. The new entity will bring together
110 employees, including a technical and development team of over
40 experts, and will be led by Jacques Riviere, the current
President of Ocean.
Internet of Things and M2M are key drivers of companies’ digital
transformation strategies. Orange Business Services aims to provide
support for this transformation and the acquisition of Ocean
provides opportunities in a number of areas:
- To enhance its vertical
expertise. Ocean has developed a unique know-how through
specialized innovative solutions in different industry sectors.
Ocean is the French leader in tracking solutions in the fields of
Public Works and Construction and has developed advanced skills in
other areas such as maintenance and troubleshooting, equipment
rental and green spaces.
- To develop new fleet management
services and more generally new solutions for connected
objects, based on Ocean's new service platform, designed to
integrate services related to the Internet of Things. In addition
to fleet management, it will be possible to develop new solutions
for monitoring non-powered objects (skips, tanks, agricultural
equipment, machinery and building site materials, etc.).
For Ocean, this acquisition is an opportunity to join an
international group, to support its growth beyond the French
market and to benefit from its innovation capabilities and
expertise in areas such as Machine-to-Machine and the Internet of
Things.
"With the acquisition of such an innovative and powerful leader
as Ocean, we are creating a new European leader in Fleet Management
that will support the growth strategy of Orange Applications for
Business on the connected objects and M2M markets. Through these
advanced technologies, companies managing fleets of vehicles or
equipment can leverage huge benefits that will facilitate their
digital transformation and develop new processes and business
models," said Thierry Bonhomme, Executive Director of Orange
Business Services.
"The project with Orange, which is based on the technical
platform recently developed by Ocean, will give us the opportunity
to pursue our growth by building on our core success factor: a
unique organization and development model," added Jacques Riviere,
President of Ocean.
Fleet management and vehicle tracking is now one of the most
advanced sectors in the field of M2M and connected objects, and one
of the pillars of the Orange Group's growth strategy. By 2018,
Europe will represent a potential market of 35 million company
vehicles, among which more than 20% will be equipped with a fleet
management solution1.
Orange Business Services is a leader of applied M2M solutions in
France with over 1.3 million connected objects in the areas of
smart cities, healthcare, transport, etc. Present on the entire M2M
value chain (connectivity, development, integration and management
of applications and platforms for connected objects), Orange
Business Services has been positioned in 2014 in the Leader
Quadrant in the first edition of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for
Managed M2M Services.
About Orange Business Services
Orange Business Services, the Orange branch dedicated to B2B
services, is not only a telecom operator, but also an IT solutions
integrator and applications developer in France and around the
world. Its 20,000 employees support companies in all areas of their
digital transformation: mobile and collaborative workspaces;
IT/cloud infrastructure; fixed and mobile connectivity; private and
hybrid networks; applications for Internet of Things, 360° customer
experience and Big Data analytics; and cybersecurity thanks to
dedicated experts and infrastructure to protect information
systems. More than 3,000 multinational organizations and 2 million
SOHOs, enterprises and local authorities in France rely on Orange
Business Services as their trusted partner.
Learn more at www.orange-business.com or follow us on LinkedIn,
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Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications
operators with annual sales of 39 billion euros in 2014 and has
156,000 employees worldwide at 31 December, 2014. Orange is listed
on the NYSE Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock
Exchange (symbol ORAN).
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in
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Limited.
1 Source - Berg Study - Fleet Management in Europe – October
2013
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