Telecoms company Orange says it is opening its first product warehouse for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Sunninghill, Johannesburg in May this year.

In a press statement, Orange says the warehouse is planned to support online sale deliveries for products such as smartphones, tablets, computers, gadgets and accessories from its online store.

The warehouse is also planned to replace London as the service hub for the SADC region, says Orange.

Orange launched its online store in South Africa last year.

“Due to the larger than expected growth of the South African online store, Orange confirms that it will launch further online stores for Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland. All online store sales within the SADC region will be serviced from the regional hub in Johannesburg,” says the company in its statement.

Orange plans for the warehouse to boost its product delivery times.