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The 3rd of January 2008 a new group's Orange Labs was inaugurated in the Cairo.
The creation of the Cairo Orange Labs allows France Telecom Group to expand its presence in Egypt, a country where the group is present since 1998 through Mobinil and Orange Business Services.
With the new Cairo Orange Labs, the group now has 18 Orange Labs around the world.
The Cairo Orange Labs, in collaboration with the global Orange Labs network, enhances the group's capacity to deliver innovative services to its customers, especially in the Middle East Africa region. The Cairo Orange Labs is also a unique opportunity to create partnerships with the local ecosystem.

The main research and development work will focus on the following subjects:

Development of global solutions for the group
Ergonomics for products and services on the multinational business market and the local retail market
Voice services and content access in Arabic
Usages and services for the region
Research into local uses
Network solutions set against specific economic and environmental constraints

By the end of 2008, the Cairo Orange Labs will employ 50 people, with over 90% Egyptians. In order to integrate this new Orange Labs into the local ecosystem, the laboratories have been set up to the west of Cairo, in the "Smart Village" technology hub, which is home to various companies from the IT and telecoms sector as well as various public organizations (Telecommunications Ministry, National Telecommunications Institute, etc.).