What goes on inside Orange UK's network management centre?
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Copyright Ian Grant 2009
Staff at Oranges network management centre
From left, Paul Knight, service centre manager, Tim Smith, network director, and Michelle Willis, director of UK operations.
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.