This document summarizes Orange Moldova's efforts to promote digital education and inclusion in Moldova through its Orange Digital School program. The program includes several projects such as providing Wi-Fi cafes and digital labs at universities, equipping rural schools with technology, offering scholarships to IT students and financial support to rural IT teachers, and developing digital infrastructure across the country. Orange Digital School aims to facilitate access to technology and quality education for students in Moldova.

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Digitalization –
Important Trend for a
Qualitative Education
28 April, Chisinau
Moldova ICT
Summit

2. Information & Communication Technologies foster progress and drive
development for individuals, businesses and territories
1. Key enablers for social and
economic development
2. Strategic and essential for
society as a whole
Availability & Affordability
of Connectivity & Devices
Availability & Affordability
of Connectivity & Devices
ServicesServicesDigital LiteracyDigital Literacy
Digital
Inclusion
Digital
Inclusion
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3. 530k
Fixed Broadband customer
43% households
Penetration
43 / 36 Mbps
Average speed
4.6 m
mobile subscription
(voice & data)
Moldova, a strongly connected country, with significant contributions of
Orange Moldova
300k
Mobile Broadband subscriptions
(tablets, laptops)
17 / 5 Mbps
Average speed
1.5 m
Mobile Phone Data Users
>> 133 thousands are 4G users
8 €
Fixed Broadband ARPU
4.3 €
Mobile Broadband ARPU
~3.5 m
population
122%
mobile voice
penetration
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4. Orange Moldova: #1 4G network
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5. Orange network is certified as “BEST IN TEST”
for the 2nd
year in a row
This certification is coming as a strong proof of
Orange investments in best connectivity and
innovations.
According to an international study - Mobile
Benchmark Moldova - conducted by the German
company P3 Communications, Orange has
achieved the best score for the mobile and data
services.
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6. Orange Moldova - #1 in Corporate Social Responsibility
Launch of Orange Moldova
Foundation in 2009
Global Mobile Award HD Voice
2009
ISO Certification in 4 domains
with international accreditation
2010
Trademark of the year Grand Prix
“Technology services of high
quality” 2010
Trademark of the year
Grand Prix “Reputation
and Trust” 2011
Trademark of the year
Grand Prix
“Corporate Social
Responsibility” 2012
MWC Award for Mobile
ID 2013
TM Grand Prix “Reputation and Trust”
2013
Tax payer with high degree of
credibility 2013
Top Employer Moldova
Top Employer Europe
2014
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7. Rural Digital Inclusion
Orange Wi-Fi Café in
Universities
Orange Lab
A Partnership for Life
 Excellency
Scholarships for
young teachers of
Informatics from
rural areas
 Startup Weekend
DigitalInfrastructure
DigitalExpertise
DigitalContent
Volunteering
program WE
CARE
Dream Ups
Moldova
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 Financial Support for young teachers of
informatics from rural areas - 25
scholarships in amount of 25,000 MDL
each and 1 laptop
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Orange Wi-Fi Café in Universities and Orange
Digital Lab – creating special digitalized corners in
high education institutions, furnished and designed
according to Orange brand guidelines, equipped
with working stations and other performant ware
Rural Digital Inclusion - contributing to the digital
inclusion of schools from rural areas, by donating
them equipment packs for improving the
educational process: laptop, projector and screen
A national program, launched in 2015, in order to support the digital literacy in the Republic of Moldova. Under the
umbrella of Orange Digital School there are implemented several major projects, coming to insure in our country the
access to modern infrastructure, professional expertise and quality education in information technologies.
The project came as an answer at one of the currents weakness of the educational system, even after the
implementation of SALT program is the fact that the teachers trained in IT abandon the system, not sufficient allocations
for IT equipment purchasing.
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10.  Objective - to implement the e-transformation concept in the universities from Moldova, to facilitate the access of
disadvantaged students to Internet and information as well as to integrate the new technologies in the educational
system.
 Concept - digitalization by creating and maintaining dedicated digital spaces in universities, arranged according to
Orange brand and equipped with high performance digital equipment: computers, TV screens, Orange Wi-Fi and
broadband
 Beneficiaries - about 50,000 students from 7 Higher Education Institutions, per year
Orange Wi-Fi Cafe
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11. Orange Digital Labs
 Objective - to facilitate the educational process, contributing to the creation of the infrastructure in the educational
system of the country, to increase the quality of education and its relevance in the society
 Concept - facilitation of the educational process in the IT colleges of the country, by ensuring the institutions with the
necessary digital infrastructure, digital spaces equipped with computers, TV screens and Orange broadband and Wi-
Fi, in order to increase the quality of education and its relevance in the society
 Beneficiaries - about 1,800 students of the Excellence Center in IT, for the 1st
edition of the projects, 2015
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12.  Objective – to contribute to the creation of the digital infrastructure in the rural schools of the country, to help in
delivering a quality education for both pupils and teachers
 Concept – equipping the rural schools, by donating them equipment packs, consisting from 1 projector, 1 laptop and 1
screen
 Beneficiaries - about 10,500 pupils from 30 rural schools, during 2 years of implementation
Rural Digital Inclusion
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13. Excellency Scholarships for students in IT and financial support for
teachers of Informatics from rural areas
 Objective – to contribute to a quality education in IT field, to complete the professional staff in rural areas and decrease
the unemployment rate among youth who have developed IT skills, to identify, stimulate and develop the talents in IT
 Concept - the project is addressed to young teachers of informatics who want to continue their career in a rural school: on
a competitive basis, 25 teachers of informatics from rural benefit from financial support and 1 laptop.
 Beneficiaries : total applicants – 75; final beneficiaries – 25 teachers and about 3000 pupils .
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