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Paris, May 26, 2009 — Orange and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext
Paris and NYSE: ALU) have signed a cooperation agreement to address the
healthcare challenges in Europe and emerging markets. The two companies will
develop and jointly deliver the next wave of innovative solutions enabling
e-Health and enhanced assisted living with a focus on better serving patients
and the elderly, increasing the efficiency of business processes for healthcare
professionals, and reducing the cost of healthcare delivery.
With this announcement Orange and Alcatel-Lucent are leveraging their
combined global expertise to provide solutions built upon reliable,
future-proof communication networks to provide innovative e-health services of
public and private health systems. Together they will harness their skills,
knowledge, innovation and technology to develop services of quality for
patients and healthcare professionals.
Orange currently provides solutions such as « Connected
Hospitals » that simplify the work of medical teams by allowing access
to patient information at the hospital and improving patient comfort. Similar
solutions are also provided at the doctor’s office through solution for remote
follow-up, online appointment booking, and services. This set of services,
developed through Orange Labs’ skills and innovative capabilities, also enables
patients to be monitored from the comfort of their homes instead of being
hospitalized.
Alcatel-Lucent supplies its solutions to the healthcare providers - allowing
them to improve patient care by eliminating information silos and, through its
Telecare solutions, allow improved care of patients at home who suffer from
chronic diseases. Leveraging a strong capacity for innovation through its Bell
Labs research arm, Alcatel–Lucent is continuing to invest in the development of
innovative healthcare solutions with partners such as the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in the U.S. by putting the network in the core
of the health organization in order to facilitate access to quality care, and
allowing healthcare professionals to benefit from telemedicine contributions
for their medical practice.
Both companies have numerous common references, such as the Polyclinique de
Picardie.
According toThierry Zylberberg, Executive Vice President, Head of Orange
Healthcare Division,“telecommunications today means much more than voice
services. Orange is constantly seeking to innovate in order to deliver greater
value and to offer its customers services and solutions, such as e-health, to
improve their life. Our agreement with Alcatel-Lucent in this field is a long
lasting one, highlighting our willingness to reinforce our cooperative efforts
to deliver the best e-health solutions for our customers.”
Pierre Barnabé, head of Alcatel-Lucent’s business in France, added “the
health domain requires innovative, reliable, and secured communications
solutions. Communications have to play a key role in the transformation of
health systems and the marketplace is looking for trusted partners that
understand a broad range of communications technologies and can simplify them
in a turnkey solution. We believe this partnership with Orange illustrates
perfectly our philosophy in terms of shared innovation and addresses the
challenging healthcare domain requirements in a very innovative manner and in a
way that will improve the life of the patients.”
About Orange
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. 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.
Orange Press Contact
Erika Gélinard Tel +33 (0)1 44 44 93
93 egelinard.ext@orange-ftgroup.com
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