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Abidjan & Toulouse, 15th January 2003
Orange deploys VoiceXML services in Ivory Coast with Idylic :
one million calls in 70 days !

Idylic announces that Orange Ivory Coast - subsidiary of the second mobile operator group (over 500,000 subscribers) has deployed successfully its first VoiceXML service using Idylic's VoiceXML platform.

It's been 100 days since Orange Ivory Coast launched its first VoiceXML service.

Orange's first African subsidiary has reached an important milestone. This is the first time an African mobile operator offers to its subscribers a voice service based on the VoiceXML standard.

" We wanted to make important changes in our 711 voice portal by acquiring a modern voice platform that would allow us to launch rapidly new thematic voice services with a reasonable cost ", explains Valérie Tiacoh, Orange Ivory Coast Marketing Manager.

In order to achieve this, Orange combined the efforts of Idylic and Dioranews:
- Idylic delivered its turn-key Phonic Telecom VoiceXML Gateway on Orange's SS7 network
- Dioranews created and installed 711 and 712 services in VoiceXML, and updates daily the service contents from France

" The complete solution was in production in less than three months. The platform now handles 15000 calls a day. The training provided by Idylic gives us a great autonomy in the administration and maintenance of the system ", outlines Baley Ouattara, Orange Ivory Coast Project Manager

About Orange Ivory Coast
Orange Ivory Coast is the group's first subsidiary to represent the Orange brand on the African continent. Leader in mobile telephony in Ivory Coast with over 500,000 customers, Orange's brand values (Straightforward, Innovative, Friendly, Refreshing and Honest) bring a vision of a bright future.

Over 600 people are here daily to satisfy the customers and bring them the best : a high-quality network, the widest national (over 110 cities) and international (roaming agreements with over 90 countries) coverage and the largest sales network (18 sales agencies).

About Idylic
Idylic is a leading Voice platform editor in Europe. Phonic Telecom is a carrier-grade, open, scalable and competitive VoiceXML platform enabling deployment of all types of value added voice services.

Integrating best of breed voice technologies and advanced call control features, Phonic is also the ideal environment for our partners to develop and deploy advanced and targeted voice applications for Corporate and Telecom markets.

Headquartered in Toulouse, France, Idylic was founded in 2000 by a team of voice and internet technology specialists and proposes an open, flexible, reliable and professional alternative in the European VoiceXML Platform market.