Press release : Start-ups Communithings, Zembro and Charlie24 officially selected to enter the first Orange Fab season of Bel...
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Brussels, 12 December 2017
Start-ups Communithings, Zembro and Charlie24
officially selected to enter the first Orange Fab season of Belgium
and Luxembourg
Orange Fab,
Orange's exclusive international accelerator network, kicked off
its first edition in Belgium and Luxembourg this September. Sixty
start-ups submitted an application to participate. Beginning
November, twenty start-ups presented their innovative products and
services to a jury of professionals. Ten went to the final round.
Last week Communithins, Zembro and Charlie24 were selected to
officially participate in this first season of Orange Fab in
Belgium and Luxembourg. The main objectives are to create a
commercial acceleration between the start-ups and the Business
Units of Orange Belgium and Luxembourg and to help the start-ups to
grow thanks to Orange's worldwide footprint.
On 1 September 2017 Orange Fab
BeLux opened its doors for the first time to Belgian and Luxembourg
start-ups that are developing new products and innovative services
in sectors such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet
of Things, mobile video content, networks . From the sixty
start-ups that submitted an application, 3 will now enter Orange
Fab, developed by the Orange Group to support and promote talents
that will change the way we live and work tomorrow.
Michaël Trabbia, CEO of Orange
Belgium, elaborates: "The winning start-ups blew us away with
powerful speeches and strong arguments on how their innovative
products and services can complete Orange's portfolio. By entering
the Orange Fab program they will now benefit from a business
acceleration in Belgium and Luxembourg with the support of amongst
others, our sales, marketing and communication departments from
mid-January until mid-April 2018. They will also benefit from
international visibility at the highest level together with the
Orange Group leveraging the worldwide presence of Orange in 29
countries and with more than 250 million customers. We look forward
to helping them grow their business and seek to build strong and
mutually beneficial partnerships."
Communithings, Zembro and
Charlie24 start a new phase in their development
Communithings provides smart parking solutions
to help cities overcome traffic congestion linked with parking
search. The jury was impressed with the platform support of NB-IoT,
perceived as synergetic with Orange NB-IoT offering to its B2B
market.
Etay Oren, CEO of CommuniThings: "We look forward to deepen our
cooperation with Orange and extend our presence within the
Orange footprint. The upcoming launch of NB-IoT by Orange allows us
to provide dedicated low-power solutions for different segments
across cities and enterprises. It is a great opportunity to
work with Orange's technical experts to see how we can improve and
grow our IoT solutions."
Zembro's
modern alarm system is an intelligent watch, designed for active
seniors. Zembro helps Seniors to remain independent at home
as long as possible. Zembro gives family members peace of mind
because they know seniors can reach help in case of
emergency.
Johan De Geyter, CEO of Zembro: "We think our Zembro watch will be
a great added value for Orange connected objects portfolio. Orange
marketing and sales teams will definitely help us to further
increase our access to the market in Belux and Europe."
Charlie24 was
chosen because its Assistance-on-Demand that enables drivers to
immediately access road assistance from local professionals at a
clear and transparent price, is a product that might be integrated
in the Orange services for customers.
Chris Aelbrecht, one of the founders of Charlie24: "We are thrilled
we have been chosen to be part of Orange Fab. We are convinced we
can add value for Orange customers as they already find road
related services like Coyote as a service in many tariff plans. By
adding Charlie24 Assistance-on-Demand they will experience a
complete ease and peace of mind on the road."
More info on the winners:
www.communithings.com, www.zembro.coom, www.charlie24.com.
More information about Orange Fab
in Belgium and in Luxembourg on: www.orangefab.be
About Orange
Fab
Orange Fab is an international accelerator network for start-ups
from the Orange Group programme, now active in 15 countries. Orange
Fab's main objective is to create a commercial partnership between
the start-ups and the Business Units of Orange. It will also help
start-ups develop their business and activities. The network Orange
Fab is designed to be a launch pad for start-ups to accelerate
their growth and boost their local and international
visibility.
Since its launch in 2013, Orange Fab has already contributed to the
development of nearly 250 start-ups worldwide.
About Orange Belgium
Orange Belgium is a leading telecommunications
operator on the Belgian market with over 3 million customers;
Orange is also active in Luxembourg through its subsidiary Orange
Communications Luxembourg.
As a convergent actor, we provide mobile telecommunications
services, internet and TV to private clients as well as innovative
mobile and fixed line services to businesses. Our high-performance
mobile network supports 2G, 3G, 4G and 4G+ technology and is the
subject of ongoing investments.
Orange Belgium is a subsidiary of the Orange Group, one of the
leading European and African operators for mobile telephony and
internet access, as well as one of the world leaders in
telecommunications services for enterprises.
Orange Belgium is listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange (OBEL).
More information on: corporate.orange.be,
www.orange.be or follow us on Twitter : @pressOrangeBe.
Press
contact
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+32 (0) 479 01 60 58
Jean-Pascal Bouillon - jean-pascal.bouillon@orange.com
- +32 (0) 473 94 87 31
press@orange.be
Contact
investors
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