generate growth for the group

Innovation is a real growth area for the Group and is based on three priorities:  
delivering projects that generate growth for the Group,
by refocusing our efforts on technology that serves service development. This means moving from a fragmented environment (dedicated devices, separate services and platforms, different identifiers) to a single one that revolves around the customer (networks that work together, devices that interoperate, simplified usage).


licensing intellectual property
France Telecom is continuously developing its intellectual property assets by filing new patents to protect its innovations and entrepreneurial freedom.

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excelling in world-class research
France Telecom's researchers have a world-class policy to acquire skills in cutting-edge areas (increase in bandwidth, network optimisation and securing, services and devices, software architecture, usage) plus actively participate in international standardisation activities. The Group supports and maintains many partnerships with universities and public and industrial research centres both in France and around the world.