"Opening the technocentre in Amman brings us closer to emerging markets, allowing
us to understand their needs to reduce time to market of innovative services adapted
to the needs of countries in the Africa, Middle East and Asia areas," told Georges Penalver, Strategic Marketing Director of the group.
The technocentre, which develops new products and services, opened a new site
to ensure greater proximity to markets in the Africa – Middle East area. This
new site is located in Amman, Jordan.
The technocentre opened its doors in Amman in presence of Mr Bassem Al Rousan,
the Jordanian minister of Telecommunications and Communication, Mr Georges Penalver,
Executive Director of group Strategic Marketing and Orange Labs, and Dr Shabib
Ammari, Chairman of the Jordan Telecom Group. It forms part of the international
network of the group's 18 Orange Labs. The creation of the department was announced
by Didier Lombard, Chairman and CEO of France Telecom, in September 2007 during
the Orange rebranding in Jordan, when all fixed, mobile and internet offers of
the Jordan Telecom Group (of which France Telecom is the majority shareholder)
came under the single brand of Orange.
The technocentre in Amman brings together researchers, marketing specialists
and network engineers. Its aim is to design and market new products not just in
Jordan and other countries of the Africa, Middle East and Asia area, but also
in all countries where the group is present. This will speed up Jordan Telecom's
access to the group's expertise and engineering, particularly in the field of
convergence.
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