Kul Takanao Wadhwa wrote:
Hi All,
I am spreading the news around (I just posted to the internal list) about a new announcement going out in a couple hours. For the past few months I have been working on a deal with Orange (France Telecom) on a new kind of multi-platform (web, mobile, IPTV) partnership for the Wikimedia Foundation. This partnership will extend co-branding opportunities and have Wikipedia's knowledge brought to some new audiences. It will also allow for us to experiment with new technologies to improve the functionality and delivery of our content. Furthermore, this is an additional revenue stream to build on our most important revenue stream - our successful fundraising campaigns.
My congratulations to Kul, and thanks for his hard work over the last few months to mould this deal into a form which is both lucrative for Wikimedia and likely to be acceptable to the community.
-- Tim Starling