Orange inks mobile and internet deal with Wikimedia

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By Team Diginews4u ⋅ April 24, 2009 ⋅

Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation have announced a wide-ranging strategic partnership designed to mutually benefit each organisation’s users by extending the way people can access free knowledge.

Orange, the European telco player, will initially provide customers in France, the UK, Spain and Poland with access to co-branded content from the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation behind the web encyclopedia Wikipedia. Partnership activities include:

1) creating specific Wikipedia channels on Orange mobile and web portals

2) improving sections of the Orange web and mobile portals with links to relevant Wikipedia information

3) developing mobile and web-based widgets, which enable customers to access Wikipedia content directly from their Orange mobile or web homepage

Phase two of the agreement will see the two organisations cooperate to create a range of new services drawing on Orange’s experience as a communications provider across mobile, internet and television. In addition, the partnership will be rolled out across the rest of Orange’s European footprint.

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