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Orange Business Services has cleared the last step before full implementation of a long distance phone license in Russia. Orange is now the only worldwide communications services provider to also be a long distance operator in Russia. With this new license, Orange is very well placed to provide large and medium-sized businesses with international and national long-distance services throughout the country, starting early 2008. Over the past two years, Orange installed its long-distance voice infrastructure in Russia. Over $200 million (approximately €136 million) has been invested to create a next-generation MPLS-based IP backbone network in the country. The network is connected to all Russian zone and long-distance operators. Orange has been providing services to corporate customers in Russia since 1958. Today, Orange Business Services has 800 employees in Russia, operations in all 85 regions plus a presence in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and all other CIS countries and serves more than 4,000 business customers in the country.