IT services company — since 1989
The critical infrastructure of large enterprises.
We design, deploy and operate the information systems and networks that telecom operators, banks and car manufacturers depend on. Today we are adding artificial intelligence to that.
Ordatel at a glance
- Founded
- 1989 Founded
- Areas of expertise
- 9 Areas of expertise
- Offices across three continents
- 12 Offices across three continents
- Projects delivered
- 500+ Projects delivered
What sets us apart
Agility, proximity, teaching.
Three requirements that show in how we build teams, how we work on site and how we pass knowledge on. They serve one thing: total value, operational and economic.
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Agility
Assembling a capable team quickly, and reshaping it when the project moves. Our certified experts work as one with your own people rather than alongside them.
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Proximity
Twelve offices across three continents. Being present where your subsidiaries operate — and knowing the industry our client works in.
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Teaching
A body of knowledge maintained continuously, and a Qualiopi certified training arm. What a consultant learns at your site does not leave with them.
Our philosophy: size the need correctly, then build the solution with you rather than for you. That decides everything else — the shape of the team, the pace of delivery, and what is left with you the day we leave.
Our expertise
Nine areas of expertise, one point of contact.
We do not only step in for the project. We stay for the years the system has to keep running.
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Transformation and innovation
Framing major programmes, architecture decisions, choosing between rebuild and remediation. Where the technical call commits the company for a decade.
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Data, big data and artificial intelligence
Data governance and quality, data lakes, business intelligence, machine learning. A data practice built since 2017.
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Cybersecurity and risk management
Audit, compliance, identity and access management, security monitoring and data protection. A dedicated practice since 2022.
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SAP
Functional areas FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, PM, HCM, BW. Technical areas ABAP, Fiori, Basis, integration. Migration governance and end user training.
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Digital workplace and user experience
A unified toolset, lower support costs, faster rollouts, business teams supported through the change.
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Infrastructure, networks and cloud
Data centre architecture, LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, migration and containerisation. Decades of deployments on carrier networks taught us what holds up in production.
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Managed services and run
Keeping systems operational, monitoring and incident resolution. A round the clock network operations centre, certified to ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type II.
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IT hardware distribution and financing
Workstations and network infrastructure, from purchase order to write-off. Ordatel Finance distributes the leasing solutions of Lenovo Funding Services.
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BIM and building engineering
Digital modelling, a design office and chartered architects. Twenty years of building engineering, from feasibility to operation.
Data and artificial intelligence
Process and leverage the right data, then build the AI that uses it.
We design the data environments that process and leverage the right data, at the right time and at the right level of granularity, to the business applications that use it. On that foundation we build vertical business AI, from concrete use cases embedded in operational processes and chosen for measurable value. Secured, tested and monitored continuously, they are built to hold up in production. What is at stake is not only productivity: it is the quality, the speed and the reliability of the decision.
Explore the data and AI practice- Data governance and quality
- Business intelligence and machine learning
- Business process automation
- Sovereignty and controlled hosting
Our technology partners
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- Mistral AI
- Dataiku
- Qlik
- Cloudera
- Collibra
- Microsoft Azure
- AWS
- Google Cloud
Ordatel Institute
Training the teams who keep the system running.
Our training arm is Qualiopi certified. It designs tailored programmes, from technical skills transfer to job readiness schemes, on an e-learning platform with teaching AI built in.
A programme run in the automotive sector
A job readiness programme run with France Travail, the University of Cachan and Segula for Renault.
- Learners trained
- 255 Learners trained
- Conversion rate into employment
- 95% Conversion rate into employment
- Saved for the client
- €3m Saved for the client
Our sectors
We know your constraints before we arrive.
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Automotive and mobility
Manufacturers, suppliers, dealer networks. Automotive is written into our 1989 articles of incorporation. Today: Renault, Hyundai, Segula, a connected vehicle offering with Thales, and work on the software defined vehicle.
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Banking, finance and insurance
Crédit Agricole, Société Générale, BNP Paribas, AXA, Allianz. Environments where availability and traceability are not negotiable.
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Telecoms and carriers
Where we started. Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, BT, Sonatel. Our first GSM licence abroad in 1995.
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Industry and defence
Thales, Nexter, Siemens, Nokia. Distributed sites, hard continuity constraints, sovereignty requirements.
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Transport and services
RATP and Dimension Data. Wide area networks, mobile field teams, continuous operation.
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Buildings and infrastructure
Special-purpose buildings, urban development, transport, healthcare and energy infrastructure. Twenty years of BIM and an in-house design office, from feasibility to operation.
Clients
They trust us with their infrastructure.
Carriers, equipment makers, banks and industrial groups have trusted us with their infrastructure since 1989.
Our certifications and labels
- Qualiopi
- Training provision, certified through June 2028
- BPI France Excellence
- Awarded since 2019
- EcoVadis
- Certified since 2020
- ISO/IEC 27001
- Information security, audited by Bureau Veritas
- SOC 2 Type II
- Security controls for managed services
- APF France handicap
- Partner since 2016
Our history
A continuity, not a reinvention.
Ordatel has not changed what it does. Only the name for it has.
Explore the group- 1989 Ordatel founded: telecoms, infrastructure and data for automotive, finance and telecoms.
- 1991 VSAT operations and a satellite transmission licence.
- 1993 Chorus Distribution founded, the IBM and Cisco reseller arm.
- 1995 First GSM licence abroad, with France Télécom International.
- 2001 Ordatel Jerusalem founded and expansion into the Middle East.
- 2015 RHM acquired, Ordatel Institute launched and entry into automotive training.
- 2017 Axis Group Corporate acquired and the data practice created.
- 2022 Skills Group Services acquired and the cybersecurity practice created.
- 2025 European expansion with Skills Group Services, new governance and new offerings (GES).
Contact
Let’s talk about your project.
Describe your situation in a few lines. A practice lead will call you back within forty-eight working hours.