What goes on inside Orange UK's network management centre?

Ian Grant

4/15

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Source: Copyright Ian Grant 2009

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One of the display boards in Orange UK's network control centre showing all systems go.

Orange UK, which is soon to merge with T-Mobile UK, invited Computer Weekly to its network management centre and R&D lab in Bristol.

The centre manages three main networks: the actual mobile telephony network, the firm's internal IT network, and the extranet that links Orange to its national network of retail outlets.

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