Orange España

Orange Espagne S.A.U.
Orange España
Company typeSociedad Anónima Unipersonal
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessorAmena (Retevisión)
Founded1 August 2006; 18 years ago (2006-08-01)
Headquarters,
Area served
Nationwide
Key people
Jean-Marc Vignolles (CEO)
RevenueSteady 4 billion (2012)[1]
ParentMásOrange
Websitewww.orange.es

Orange Espagne S.A.U., more commonly known by its trade name of Orange España, is a mobile network operator in Spain owned by MásOrange. It was previously known as Amena, a brand of Retevisión, until 2005, when it was bought by France Télécom (now Orange S.A.). Its competitors are Movistar and Vodafone Spain.[2][3][4]

Its legal headquarters are in Pozuelo de Alarcón, near Madrid.

Orange España is the second mobile phone provider of the four Spanish providers (Movistar, Orange, Vodafone and Yoigo), with 11 million customers.[citation needed] The company also offers TV and Internet (ADSL, FTTH) services.[5]

Orange offers GSM 900/1800 MHz (2G), UMTS 2100MHz (3G) HSDPA (3.5G) and LTE (4G) services. Its network radio access serves to the following MVNOs: MasMovil, Happy Móvil, Jazztel Movil, Día Móvil, República Móvil, Pepephone, Simyo, among others.

In January 2024, Orange España suffered a major outage when a hacker was able to access an account for managing the global routing table that controls which networks deliver Orange's Internet traffic. According to security researchers, the hack was a result of 'a concerning lack of security hygiene at Orange'.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Financial indicators in Spain". Orange. 2013-06-13. Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
  2. ^ MásMóvil Group
  3. ^ "Amena y Wanadoo se 'pintan' de Orange | elmundo.es". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  4. ^ "Orange cumple 20 años en España: historia, presente y futuro". ADSLZone (in Spanish). 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. ^ "¿Cuáles son los operadores principales de España?: listado de 2018". ADSLZone (in Spanish). 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  6. ^ Goodin, Dan (2024-01-05). "A "ridiculously weak" password causes disaster for Spain's No. 2 mobile carrier". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-01-06.