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Orange Wholesale International CEO Valerie Cussac on building AI-ready global networks

01 December 2025
1 minute
At Capacity Europe 2025, newly appointed Orange Wholesale International CEO Valerie Cussac shares her vision for building AI-ready global networks.

Cussac discusses her journey through engineering, B2B, and cyber defence roles at Orange, and outlines her priorities for accelerating Network-as-a-Service, investing in resilient infrastructure, and supporting customers with next-gen capabilities like 5G Core-as-a-Service. Cussac also explores how evolving customer needs, hyperscaler demand, and new digital value chains are shaping the biggest challenges and opportunities ahead for the wholesale telecom industry.