Orange is a world-leading telecoms operator. In 2017 it made sales of €41 billion, and in 2018 it had 150,000 employees worldwide, 92,000 of which were in France. The group has a total customer base of 261 million customers worldwide, including 201 million mobile customers and 20 million fixed broadband customers. The group is present in 28 countries.

Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecoms services to multinationals under the brand Orange Business Services. In 2015 the group presented its new strategic plan, Essentials2020, which places customer experience at its heart in order to allow customers to benefit fully from the digital universe and the power of new generation networks.

Orange is the primary private-sector player in digital technology research in France and was the top European operator for issuing patent registrations in 2017. It files more than 200 patents each year and makes significant contributions to standardisation (eg, 5G and video coding).