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11th October 2004 - France Télécom and
Nokia today announced the signing of a memorandum of
understanding for the joint development of new rich
media solutions on mobile terminals encompassing rich
media hardware, services, applications and contents
by using various standards technologies such as non-proprietary
end-to-end access enablers, Nokia's terminal software
platforms, and the Symbian OS.
The main aim of the partnership is to design, develop
and deploy products and services to solve the problem
of remote-access to content stored at home, with maximum
end to end security, identification, and authentication
guarantees.
The MoU outlines cooperation between the two companies
in joint R&D, time limited exclusivity, as well
as potential intellectual property resulting from the
partnership. Further details on this partnership will
be given later.
In signing this partnership agreement, the France Télécom
group and Nokia, the world's leader in mobile communications
are making a commitment to leverage resources and share
expertise, in order to offer the best service to mobile
customers.
France Télécom is continuing its strategy
based on the development of new, integrated and innovative
services aimed at its mobile networks customers. The
operator aims to enable its customers to use their mobile
terminals to access their preferred "personal"
content (images, photos, videos, documents), which are
stored at home, whenever and wherever they want to.
For Nokia, this partnership represents an important
step in its strategy to offer exciting multimedia experiences
to mobile users at home, in office and on the move.
Easy to use terminals and close collaboration with industry
partners is key in bringing the benefits of mobility
to areas such as imaging, music, games and entertainment.
Working closer with customers and building the future
together is at the heart of Nokia's strategic direction.
The two companies are convinced of the need to develop
new types of relationships between telecom operators
and equipment suppliers, in order to meet challenge
of increasing competition and the convergence of the
telecommunications, IT and multimedia industries.
About France Télécom
France Télécom, a leading french telecom
operator, serves 119.6 million customers on the five
continents (220 countries or territories) and in 2003
achieved a consolidated turnover of 46.1 billion euros
(23.2 billion euros in the first half of 2004). Through
its international brands such as Orange, Wanadoo, Equant
and GlobeCast, France Télécom offers the
full range of telecom services: local and international
telephony, mobile telephony, Internet and multimedia,
data transport, broadcasting and cable TV.
As the number two mobile operator and internet access
provider in Europe and one of the world's leading providers
of telecom services for multinational corporations,
France Télécom (NYSE:FTE) is quoted on
the Paris and New York stock markets.
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