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France Telecom to Offer Chinese Web Browser in African Countries
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France Telecom-Orange has signed a deal with the Chinese web search giant, Baidu to use the Chinese firm's own mobile browser in its mobile phones sold in Africa.
The Baidu supplied web browser will be pre-installed in mobile phones sold by France Telecom's subsidiaries in African countries, where the company claims around 80 million customers.
The browser will also be available as a download for their existing customers.
France Telecom said that the slower mobile data speeds on its African networks makes supporting a full web browser on mobile devices difficult. The new browser will operate in a manner similar to services from Nokia and Opera, in that it compresses the website before it is sent to the handset. This reduces the content file and speeds up the perceived browsing speed.
Xavier Perret, head of partnerships at Orange said that they had partnered with Baidu because the search firm had helped mobile networks in in its home market of China cope with a similar switch from basic mobiles to low-end smartphones.
The browser, available in Arabic and English, will be launched in Egypt. A French version is also being developed.
Tags: [france telecom] [baidu]
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