United States

Research & Development in San Francisco

Among its 18 Orange Labs on three continents, France Telecom created a centre in San Francisco in 1997. The lab's mission is to anticipate, develop, explore and research technologies and business models coming from the Silicon Valley ecosystem. This member of Orange Labs network, works in close collaboration with the local U.S. ecosystem and benefits the group's R&D global resources. In 2005 the San Francisco lab was chosen to become an Orange Developers Centre supporting the Orange Partners Programme (www.orangepartner.com).

The Orange Labs in San Francisco lab is located in one of the epicenters of American academic and entrepreneurial innovation. The Labs consists of a multidisciplinary and multinational team of approximately 70 engineers and scientists such as developers, software and network architects, researchers, sociologists and marketers.

The France Telecom San Francisco lab has already obtained some solid results. For example, Pikeo, a new photo sharing site, was launched at the 2006 France Telecom autumn collection.

The Silicon Valley ecosystem includes mostly start-ups and Internet companies in various fields ranging from Information Technology, Search, Online Advertising, or telecommunications manufacters.

The Orange Labs in San Francisco has partnerships with the scientific and academic research communities in the United States including Stanford and Berkeley as well as with major industry players such as Adobe and Microsoft. It has relationships with Silicon Valley start-ups and is also active in research bodies.