{"id":30016,"date":"2013-01-16T20:29:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=30016"},"modified":"2013-01-17T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T07:29:02","slug":"orange-launches-orange-horizons-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/30016\/orange-launches-orange-horizons-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Horizons launches in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>France Telecom&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"Orange\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1918-Orange\">Orange<\/a> has launched a new subsidiary called Orange Horizons that aims to seek out new business opportunities in countries where the group is not already present as a mass-market telecommunications provider.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>These projects could include the launch of online stores selling telecoms-related equipment or airtime; the introduction of flexible travel solutions; or the launch of a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) activity.<\/p>\n<p>The first of these projects has been launched in South Africa under the Orange Horizons banner.<\/p>\n<p>This comprises two websites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An e-commerce website,<a title=\"Orange SA\" href=\"http:\/\/store.orange.com\/za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/store.orange.com\/za<\/strong><\/a>, has been launched to sell telecoms-related devices and accessories<\/li>\n<li>A country website,\u00a0<a title=\"Orange\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orange.com\/za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.orange.com\/za<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0which provides online content specifically tailored for a South African audience including news feeds, sports news and audiovisual content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Orange and mobile networks:<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"The world\u2019s largest mobile networks\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/26289\/the-worlds-largest-mobile-networks\/\"><strong>The world\u2019s largest mobile networks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Orange to throw hat in SA telecoms ring?\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/2781\/orange-to-throw-hat-in-sa-telecoms-ring\/\"><strong>Orange to throw hat in SA telecoms ring?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Ace subsea cable up and running\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/28874\/ace-submarine-cable-up-and-running\/\">Ace subsea cable up and running<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"France Telecom\u2019s Orange set for SA launch\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/29903\/france-telecoms-orange-set-for-sa-launch\/\"><strong>France Telecom\u2019s Orange set for SA launch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France Telecom&#8217;s Orange has launched Orange Horizons to seek out new business opportunities outside its operator footprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":29986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,653,5007,1707,1477],"class_list":["post-30016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-orange","tag-orange-horizons","tag-voip","tag-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30016"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30050,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30016\/revisions\/30050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}