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innovation,
research and development, patents and licenses
Orange Labs Network
In order to achieve its ambitions in innovation, the Orange
Labs network brings together specialized employees on
four continents. Each Orange Lab is immersed in a specifi c
environment that enables it to anticipate and take advantage
of technological breakthroughs and changes in user patterns
worldwide and to facilitate partnerships, thereby accelerating
the Group’s capacity for innovation. The creation of Orange
Labs, whose objective is to improve the selection of innovations
developed by the Group and to reduce the timeframe for
bringing them to market, was awarded the “Prize for Innovation
in Innovation Management” in 2008, as part of the Trophies
for Innovation Management awarded by L’Expansion and
Bearing Point.
London
R&D Technocentre
Warsaw
R&D Technocentre
Amman
Technocentre
San Francisco
R&D
Tokyo R&D
Spain
R&D & Technocentre
Technocentre (Chatillon)
8 centres R&D
Cairo R&D
Beijing R&D
Orange Labs currently has four Technocentre platforms, located
in France, the United Kingdom, Poland and Jordan. Their
objective is to design and market new products and services
in the countries where they are located and to share them
within the Group in other countries where the Group is present.
The network is also made up of research and development
laboratories located in 8 countries worldwide: France, United
Kingdom, United States, China, Japan, Poland, Spain and
Egypt.
In 2009, after a review of the business portfolio, the Orange Labs
network was rescaled, including the closure of the Explocentre
and Orange Labs in Boston and Korea.
Partnerships
The Group has an active policy of forming strategic partnerships
with leading industrial players which allows it to quickly enhance
its portfolio of products and services.
Medium-term bilateral partnerships with U.S., European
and Asian companies allow the Group to better anticipate
forthcoming technological developments in areas such as home
automation, healthcare and the environment.
Partnerships have also been concluded with universities and
academic institutions (such as the Institut Télécom, CNRS,
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