2008

Paris, June 24, 2008

 

Orange Business Services announces the signature of a contract with Euro Disney Associés S.C.A., operator of Disneyland ^® Resort Paris. Under the terms of this contract, Orange Business Services will be responsible for replacing the entire PABX infrastructure, which represents a total of 15,000 phone lines. This will involve the financing, integration, operation and maintenance of the infrastructure by a dedicated team over a 6-year period. 

 

This new agreement builds on the ongoing relationship between the two companies:  Orange has been one of Euro Disney Associés S.C.A.’s twelve strategic partners since 1992.

 

With the turnkey solution proposed by Orange Business Services, Euro Disney Associés S.C.A. will benefit from:

- a solution tailored to different user contexts which makes it possible to establish seven workstation profiles based on employee use. With the introduction of these profiles, Euro Disney Associés S.C.A. will be able to provide tailor-made services to its hotel staff and mobile employees by equipping them with mobile phones or softphone.

- new high-tech services providing fixed/mobile convergence based on mobile extension which is more employee-friendly and boosts efficiency. From now on, employees will have access to a unified messaging service and will be more easily reachable thanks to a dual calling function to their fixed line and mobile phone. They will also benefit from having all PABX functionalities on their mobile phone;

-  a unique customer services unit made up of a dedicated team available on-site at all times and responsible for implementing and managing the entire network.

 

About Euro Disney Associés S.C.A.

 

The Group operates the Disneyland ^® Resort Paris site which includes Disneyland ^®, Walt Disney Studios ^®, seven themed hotels offering a total of around 5,800 rooms (not counting some 2,400 rooms in hotels run by third-party partners located on the site), two conference centres, the Disney ^® Village entertainment venue and a 27-hole golf course. The Group is also working on the development of a 2,000-hectare site, half of which has yet to be built. Euro Disney S.C.A.’s shares are listed and quoted on Euronext Paris.

 

 

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.