Orange and Sagem Communications announce the signature of a strategic partnership to accelerate product
eco-design
Paris, November 6, 2007
Orange and Sagem Communications have announced a strategic partnership to design products with a greatly reduced impact on the environment.
This eco-design partnership concerns the entire range of liveboxes, TV set-top boxes and landline telephones that Sagem Communications supplies to Orange. Initially it will focus on:
Designing equipment that consumes less energy,
Using materials in the products' manufacture and packaging that have a lower impact on the environment,
Simplifying product recycling.
It will help to accelerate and broaden the work already achieved by both companies, particularly with the new livebox.
Sagem Communications will implement the innovations produced by this collaboration in its R&D centre.
Similarly, Orange will use the results of the partnership to extend the principles of eco-design to all its equipment.
Georges Penalver, executive director group Strategic Marketing and Orange Labs said: "By its nature, our activity contributes to environmental protection by developing means of distance communications. Yet we are constantly working to reduce our impact on the environment. We are delighted to embark on this new phase in close collaboration with Sagem Communications, which will reinforce the eco-design of our products. Indeed, by taking environmental issues into account from the design of a new product or service through to its operation and recycling, we will reinforce the level of trust and confidence of our customers".
Patrick Sevian, CEO of Sagem Communications, commented: "Sagem Communications has always taken a close interest in the environmental impact of its products. Our proven know-how in this field has earned us the confidence of Orange, which has chosen us as its first eco-design partner, a fact we are very proud of. This partnership is the basis of a long-term shared approach. Today, this is necessary to respond to sustainable development problems involving planetary stakes".
About Sagem Communications
Sagem Communications (SAFRAN Group) is a major player in the field of communications, having acquired international positions thanks to a high innovative potential. The SAGEM products benefit from a particular awareness in the following activities: printing terminals, residential terminals, digital TV set-top boxes, systems, electronic metering...
For more information, visit the following Web Sites: www.sagem.com and www.safran-group.com.
About Orange
Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves more than 163 million customers in five continents as of June 30, 2007, of which two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of 51.7 billion euros in 2006 and 25.9 billion euros for the 1 st semester of 2007. At June 30, 2007 the group had 102.5 million mobile customers and 10.5 million broadband internet (ADSL) customers.
Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) will enable the Group to pursue its transformation as an integrated operator and make France Telecom the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe. In 2006, Orange became the Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates, and Orange Business Services the banner for services offered to businesses worldwide. France Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband internet services in Europe and one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.
France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris and on the New York Stock Exchange.
For more information : www.orange.com, www.francetelecom.com, www.orange-business.com
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Personal Communications Services Limited.
