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# Deutsche Telekom and Orange CEOs launch ESTIA sovereign tech alliance
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-18-dt-orange-estia-alliance/
- Published: 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:01:26.000Z
- Description: Deutsche Telekom's Tim Hoettges and Orange's Christel Heydemann launched ESTIA, a 12 member European Sovereign Tech Industry Alliance with Airbus, OVHcloud and Dassault Systemes. They demanded a bold Digital Networks Act and EU cloud procurement preference.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Orange newsroom press release, 18 November 2025](https://newsroom.orange.com/telecom-operators-strategic-drivers-for-european-sovereignty-resilience-and-competitiveness/?lang=eng&ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any EU institution has adopted the alliance's policy demands.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)