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Orange Jordan Renovates University of Jordan Conferences Hall
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Orange Jordan inaugurated the renovated conferences hall at the University of Jordan’s Deanship of Students’ Affairs after equipping it with the latest technologies, within the framework of the strategic partnership between the company and the university.
Orange Jordan stressed that this project is one of many others aimed at developing the University of Jordan, which stands as one of the cornerstones of Jordan’s higher education and contributes to equipping the labor market with a qualified workforce through its esteemed faculties. As a national company, Orange Jordan offers this support to help students benefit from its services, including internet and telecom services through its advanced networks, and to fulfill its obligation towards achieving an inclusive development which depends on youth, in the first place.
The renovation of the conferences hall also contributes to supporting the University’s role as a hub for the various activities, and to enrich its students’ experiences. Orange Jordan will continue supporting the university in different means. The company had previously equipped two graduate students’ halls with modern technological devices and digital solutions, designed special mobile offers for the students, supported the university’s initiative “Innovate 2 Start,” launched the “University Smart Card,” in cooperation with Cairo Amman Bank, and executed many other initiatives.
Orange Jordan focuses on youth and education as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, through several partnerships with different educational institutions. The company seeks to enhance the educational sector’s efficiency, enable students and instructors to benefit from the digital tools, improve the educational outcomes, and provide youth with the needed skills to join the workforce, to contribute to the different aspects of social and economic development.
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About Orange Jordan
Orange Jordan is a leading provider of multi telecom services, offering a broad lineup of fixed, mobile, internet and data services to meet personal and business needs of expanding residential and business base of about 5 million customers across the Kingdom. Over 1600 employees are dedicated to lead the company to ultimate levels of excellence.
The company, also, stands as the provider of the strongest Internet for its mobile, home and business customers, via the most advanced infrastructure. As Orange Jordan continues to invest in all its networks, it also stands as the sole provider of the latest version of the fourth-generation network (4G+) and serves the largest share of Fiber customers in the local market.
Orange Jordan is one of Orange Group’s subsidiaries that offer a wide range of communication services not only to individuals but also to businesses under the brand Orange Business Services (OBS), through which a comprehensive set of IT and telecommunication services are offered to multinational companies.
The company’s sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility strategy focuses on empowering youth, women and people with disabilities in three main areas: Digital inclusion, Digital Education and Entrepreneurship via its Community Digital Centers, Startups Innovation Growth Accelerator (BIG), Orange Coding Academy, Scholarships for students majoring in technological Disciples, Universities’ Innovation Labs, and Digital Accessibility program “Differently Abled, Definitely Enabled”.
In December 2019, Orange Group announced the strategic plan for the coming five years, Engage 2025, which aims to reinvent Orange’s operator model, accelerate in growth areas, place data and AI at the heart of its innovation model and build the company of tomorrow.
This new strategy is considered a work frame and a strong local commitment guided by social and environmental responsibility, as it will embrace fostering a business model that is devoted and liable to its employees, customers and society as a whole.
It also sets the group and its subsidiaries committed to tackling the climate challenge, by dedicating the efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.
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About Orange
Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of 41 billion euros in 2018 and 148,000 employees worldwide at 30 September 2019, including 88,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 268 million customers worldwide at 30 September 2019, including 209 million mobile customers and 21million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies, under the brand Orange Business Services. In December 2019, the Group presented its new "Engage 2025" strategic plan, which, guided by social and environmental accountability, aims to reinvent its operator model. While accelerating in growth areas and placing data and AI at the heart of its innovation model, the Group will be an attractive and responsible employer, adapted to emerging professions.
Orange is listed on Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol ORAN).