2008

Geneva and Paris, June 3, 2008

 

 

Orange Business Services signed a €160 million, 7-year outsourcing agreement with Numonyx, a leading flash memory provider, to implement and manage a significant part of its information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure.

 

Launched March 31, Numonyx is the result of the merger of the non-volatile Flash memory activities of Intel and STMicroelectronics and is headquartered in Switzerland.

 

Orange Business Services implemented the messaging and Web services infrastructure in only a few months to be ready for the company’s launch and is now connecting approximately 7,000 Numonyx employees across 20-plus sites, with major locations in China, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and the U.S. At launch date, the data center for the core financial and HR business applications was fully operational, allowing Numonyx to manage its financial and HR information independent from the parents.

 

Orange Business Services is supplying Numonyx a comprehensive service portfolio, including: 

- worldwide data center for business applications:  integrated server, SAN, storage management and backup,

- network services:  LAN, WAN, Internet and partner gateways,

- several global IT services:  Active Directory, messaging, SharePoint, intranet and Internet and remote access and Service Management,

- telecom services:  fixed voice, IP Telephony, audio- and Web-conferencing.

 

“Establishing a complex infrastructure from scratch against an aggressive timeline calls for close and trusted partnership with an industry leader,” said Mathieu Clerkx, senior vice president Global Infrastructure, Numonyx. “We are confident that Orange is the right choice for Numonyx. They succeeded in deploying the infrastructure on time, with limited and well managed start up problems.”

 

“We implemented the Numonyx infrastructure and deployed an extensive portfolio in record time to help the company get up and running as quickly as possible,” said Didier Jaubert, senior vice president, Large Projects, Orange Business Services. “The success of this large project is proof of Orange’s agility and global reach. Our operational management of a significant part of the ICT infrastructure through our dedicated Large Projects team will grant Numonyx access to continuous innovations and allow it to focus on its core business.”

 

Orange Business Services has launched Large Project Management to accompany customers in their large and complex ICT projects, leveraging and directing the standard Orange capabilities and third parties. With this new offer, Orange is very well-positioned to help customers address their critical business needs, such as the successful execution of large IP transformation and convergence projects, gaining visibility and control on their costs, or consolidating their ICT infrastructures. Customers will also benefit from full end-to-end accountability from dedicated account business units throughout the contract life cycle, from proposal through execution.

 

Numonyx designs and manufactures a full complement of integrated NOR, NAND and Phase Change non-volatile memory technologies and products to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of customers in the cellular and embedded markets. Numonyx is dedicated to providing high density, low power memory technologies and packaging solutions to a global base of customers. Additional information about Numonyx is available at www.numonyx.com. 

 

Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves more than 172 million customers in five continents as of March 31, 2008, of which two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of 52.9 billion euros in 2007 (13 billion euros at March 31, 2008). As of March 31, 2008, the Group had 111.9 million mobile customers and 12 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.