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