Siemens AG has signed off on a £63m outsourcing contract with Orange Business Services to migrate a large portion of its worldwide network to Orange.

The five year deal will see Orange migrate Siemens’ wide area network infrastructure across 70 countries across Africa, Asia, Southwest Europe and North & Latin America.

Norbert Kleinjohann, CIO of Siemens, said: "Orange Services provides us with a global, future-oriented network at an attractive price".