France Telecom received an overall "Strong Positive" rating in Gartner's Vendor Rating: France Telecom Group report

According to the report, a "Strong Positive" rating means that the vendor "is viewed as a provider of strategic products, services or solutions:  customers should continue with planned investments and potential customers should consider this vendor as a strong choice for strategic investments."

"We are very pleased that France Telecom received a 'Strong Positive,' the highest possible vendor rating, by Gartner," said Barbara Dalibard, President and CEO, Orange Business Services. "I believe this recognition highlights the Group's ongoing global commitment to innovation, outstanding customer service, and its resilience in a challenging environment. At Orange Business Services, we continue to challenge ourselves to stay focused on operational efficiency, to achieve continuous improvements and, at the same time, to become more agile, simple and sustainable in order to achieve our goal of being the leading global integrator of communications solutions."

The complete report is available, compliments of Orange Business Services, at http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/orangebusiness/vol4/article5/article5.html
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Gartner report "Vendor Rating:  France Telecom Group," July 10, 2009, Jean-Claude Delcroix, ID Number G00168607.