In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen HIGHLIGHTS: Christel Heydemann - CEO of Orange
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Aug 22, 2025 
Christel Heydemann, CEO of Orange Group and a transformative leader, discusses the future of telecommunications. She highlights the challenges of competition and market fragmentation in Europe, emphasizing the need for diverse suppliers. Christel also shares her direct leadership style, focusing on open communication and feedback. She discusses the importance of boldness and embracing failure for personal and company growth, offering insights into how these values shape corporate culture at Orange.
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Connectivity Is Everywhere And Critical
- Telecoms are embedded in daily life and matter most during both celebrations and crises.
- Connectivity underpins personal and societal resilience and requires substantial unseen technology.
Fragmented EU Rules Limit Scale
- Europe's regulatory insistence on national competition hinders creation of continental telecom champions.
- Operators like Orange must unify customer experience across fragmented markets to capture scale benefits.
Network Supply Chains Are Tightly Interconnected
- Supply chains for network equipment are globally interdependent and face scarcity risks.
- Diversifying vendors is the target, but options are limited in some network segments.