The Orange Trial Factory reduces time to market for innovative value-added mobile and convergent products and services, for the French market.
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Established in 2007, the Trial Factory provides trials for innovative mobile and convergent products and services of interest to the French market, with a view to commercialising them with Orange France.
In short, the programme finds the 3rd parties, tracks-down a 'sponsor' within Orange, runs the trial and then - if all is successful - commercialises the service with Orange France.
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Orange Partner works with our Trial Factory colleagues, helping to identify potential VAS
(value-added services) products from among our Premium Members and Contracted Partners' solutions, to go forward to the Trial Factory programme, with a view to potentical commercialisation with Orange France.
find out more...
the Orange Trial Factory, in figures
what makes a trial candidate?
how does the Orange Trial Factory work?
the integration and IT side
getting in touch with the Orange Trial Factory
the Orange Trial Factory, in figures
the Orange Trial Factory aims to undertake 20 trials every year.
the Fast Track scheme ensures each product has a maximum 10 weeks build time,
followed by a 12 week trial.
5 trials completed in 2007 (the Trial Factory started that year).
of these 5 trials, 3 solutions will be commercially launched in France.
of these 3 solutions, 1 is from a 3rd party discovered at our Orange Partner Camp in
Cape Canaveral, April 2007.
there are currently 4 ongoing trials, and 6 in preparation.
of these 6 trials in preparation, 1 is from a 3rd party discovered at our Orange Partner Camp in
Cape Canaveral, April 2007.
2 Orange Trial Factory companies participated in the Orange Innovation Contest at
Orange Partner Camp Faro, April 2008 and gained exposure to 20 senior decision makers across
Orange France Telecom.
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what makes a trial candidate?
A trial candidate must be an innovative product or service in the value-added services domain, either mobile or convergent, appropriate for the French market.
There are no limitations – innovative products can come from a start-up, or from a large established company.
Products must exist at least in a beta stage, and must be able to be deployable in a commercial environment within 3 to 6 months.
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how does the Orange Trial Factory work?
The Orange Trial Factory programme...
identifies a product which is suitable for trial for the French market (and the 3rd party owning this product)
identifies a dedicated marketing sponsor within Orange France to support your product trial
defines and agrees success criteria and 'next steps' before the trial starts, so you have clear
understanding of what will happen and the results
organises and run the trial with a short time-to-market
coordinates activity among all interested entities, and offers support from early stages to
trial debriefs
ensures you are provided with rapid and honest feedback.
Remember, Orange Partner will introduce you to the Orange Trial Factory if we feel your product would benefit from this programme.
If you are a Premium Member or Contracted Partner, and think your product or service is suitable for the Orange Trial Factory and the French market, please submit it to us now
the integration and IT side
Trials rely on a dedicated in-house server platform, and an IT partner, to ensure fast trial completion.
An agile development method is used, to ensure that prototypes can be built, whilst retaining the flexibility to react to changes in requirements.
Components are re-used where possible, to minimise time delay and costs.
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getting in touch with the Orange Trial Factory
Orange Partner works closely with the Orange Trial Factory.
Is your product or service a suitable candidate for trial and for the French market?
If we think so, we will discuss with you before putting it forwards to the Orange Trial Factory.
If you think so, please contact us - you'll need to be (or become) an Orange Partner premium or contracted partner member to share details with us, confidentially.
We can then discuss your innovative value added product or service with you, before putting it forwards to the Orange Trial Factory.
We look forwards to working with you to identify more candidates to benefit from the Orange Trial Factory programme!
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