France Telecom and SAGEM Partner on Location Based Services

France Telecom is working with SAGEM to jointly develop solutions for Location Based Services around mobile phones. The partnership is expected to include joint research and development teams, joint R&D funding, and a limited period of exclusivity to leverage usage from the shared intellectual property.



France Telecom said this partnership fits into its strategy to develop new and innovative services for its customers on mobile networks. http://www.francetelecom.comIn February 2004, France Telecom and Ericsson signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), in order to jointly develop IP Multimedia Services for the consumer market.

Also in February, France Telecom and Siemens signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a New Generation Network Architecture for mobile/fixed networks.