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France Telecom, Nortel Solidify Strategic Partnership
France Telecom, Nortel Solidify Strategic Partnership.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nOrange Business Services Launches 'Business Together' based on Nortel\nTechnology\n\nPARIS, France, Nov. 28 /CNW/ - Orange Business Services, which provides\nenterprise business solutions and services by the France Telecom Group as of\nJune 1, 2006, has launched a new suite of SIP multimedia services based on\nNortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) technology. The new service 'Business Together' will\nfirst be available for corporate French customers in November 2006. As a\nresult of a strategic partnership, France Telecom and Nortel have jointly\ndeveloped these new services to help businesses communicate and collaborate\nwith greater flexibility and efficiency.\n'Business Together' from Orange Business Services unifies onto a single\ninterface all the necessary tools for a company to optimize their team working\nenvironment. It does this through telephony, collaboration, instant messaging\nand multimedia communications; all safely accessibly from a computer, an IP\nPhone or a mobile smartphone. 'Business Together' enables workers to\ncommunicate wherever they are, at the office or on the road.\n\"'Business Together' is a significant breakthrough for how workers can\nwork together instantly whether they are in the office or on the road,\" said\nBarbara Dalibard, executive vice president, Orange Business Services. \"Our\noffering is unique to the marketplace and we plan to expand to other countries\nin 2007. We will continue to work closely with Nortel to help realize its full\npotential.\"\nThe strategic partnership signed in 2004 between France Telecom and\nNortel has a common objective to jointly develop and deploy IP multimedia\nservices as the basis for a new generation of seamless services in the\nbusiness market, and particularly in person-to-person communication and\ncollaborative work. A strong focus has been made on co-development,\nco-marketing and co-selling of these services.\n\"Our partnership with France Telecom is powerful proof of Nortel's drive\nto equip service providers with technology designed to cost-effectively evolve\ntheir networks to deliver new and innovative user experiences,\" said Michel\nClement, president of Southern Europe, Nortel. \"France Telecom and Nortel have\na long history of delivering next-generation solutions and services. Today's\nannouncement further builds upon the strength of that relat...