How Orange Business is Boosting SafetyCase Units With OneWeb

Orange Business has taken a significant step to enhance its SafetyCase emergency telecommunications units by integrating Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellite connectivity, ensuring sovereign, resilient communications continuity for critical response teams across Europe and beyond.

Orange Business, a leading global network and digital solutions provider, has announced the integration of OneWeb’s satellite services into its SafetyCase offering.

SafetyCase units are rugged, energy-autonomous telecom devices designed to restore voice, data and video communications during crises, including natural disasters or terrestrial network failures.

By incorporating Eutelsat’s OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, SafetyCase delivers low-latency, highly reliable connectivity that complements existing network technologies, strengthening its sovereign and resilient capabilities.

SafetyCase: Designed for crisis response

Manufactured and engineered in France, SafetyCase instantly creates one or multiple Wi-Fi connectivity zones through intelligent hybridisation of all available networks. 

SafetyCase has already proven its value during the 2024 floods in Valencia, Spain and Cyclone Chido in Mayotte, illustrating its role as a critical tool for French national and European resilience.

Emergency services, local governments and strategic enterprises have proactively integrated SafetyCase into their continuity and disaster recovery plans.

Enhancing sovereignty and resilience through OneWeb

The integration of Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellite network marks a pivotal advancement.

The European-based low Earth orbit satellite constellation supplements SafetyCase’s multi-network hybridisation to provide robust, low-latency satellite connectivity capable of maintaining communications even when terrestrial infrastructure is compromised.

Nassima Auvray, Defense & Security Director at Orange Business, highlights the strategic importance of the integration

“With Eutelsat’s OneWeb, we reinforce the promise of SafetyCase: restore communications when everything stops," he explains.

"This European sovereign advance gives firefighters, security forces and local authorities a decisive capability: rapidly recreating a reliable network to coordinate, treat, alert and make decisions.

"It’s a key building block of national resilience, powered by Orange’s network excellence and our new Defense & Security Division, at the service of safety and emergency professionals.”

A digital backbone for critical operations

As part of Orange Business’s commitment to supporting digital transformation, the integration strengthens its portfolio of secure end-to-end connectivity solutions.

Orange Business serves more than 30,000 B2B clients globally, offering next-generation connectivity, cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity solutions.

The combination of terrestrial networks with OneWeb’s LEO satellite coverage expands the geographic reach and enhances service continuity, particularly in remote, underserved, or crisis-hit areas.

Industry implications and customer benefits

The collaboration aligns with broader industry trends toward hybrid network architectures that combine satellite and terrestrial technologies to offer resilient, sovereign connectivity essential for emergency response and critical enterprise continuity.

The low latency and high throughput capabilities of the OneWeb constellation complement Orange’s extensive terrestrial infrastructure, delivering seamless, mission-critical communications in the harshest environments.

The partnership reflects regulatory and geopolitical sensitivities around data sovereignty and infrastructure control, offering a European-based, security-conscious communications platform for emergency services and vital operators.

Orange Business’s integration of Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellite services into SafetyCase critically enhances emergency telecommunications, ensuring resilient, sovereign communication pathways when terrestrial networks fail.

The solution empowers emergency responders, local authorities and essential businesses with the reliable connectivity necessary to manage crises effectively and safeguard communities.

The partnership exemplifies how innovative satellite-terrestrial integration can advance national and regional resilience strategies, supporting the evolving demands of digital-first emergency and security operations across Europe and beyond.