Sunday, June 20, 2004

France Telecom and Motorola Form Strategic Partnership

France Telecom and Motorola signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of Seamless Mobility Solutions. This collaboration aims at developing and deploying new and innovative, integrated services, using a wide range of wireless access networks and technologies, for the home, office, car and on the move. The MoU includes: the establishment of joint research and development teams; the sharing of R&D funding; and the principle of sharing intellectual property. http://www.francetelecom.comhttp://www.motorola.com

  • In recent weeks, France Telecom has announced several strategic partnerships with leading systems companies, including with Alcatel for the joint definition and implementation of a Next Generation Network Architecture (NGN/IMS) towards a converged fixed/Internet/mobile network.; with Ericsson, in order to jointly develop IP Multimedia Services for the consumer market, and with Siemens, to jointly develop a New Generation Network Architecture for mobile/fixed networks.