Technology and telecommunications put themselves at the service of health. For Stéphane Richard, the CEO of Orange, two answers are imperative in the face of the coronavirus epidemic. The first is sanitary. The second, technological. " Technology and an intelligent and reasoned use of data will be the essential complement to health action ", he affirmed in a tribune to the World . The first illustration of this commitment is the cooperation established between the operator and Inserm, announced last week. Researchers at the Institute for Biological and Medical Research will use the operator's data for "research purposes, in the context of the pandemic, to better understand the spread of the virus and the impact of containment . "
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Orange, like most telecom operators, already uses data from its customers' mobile phones to manage its mobile network. They are used in particular to determine how many people are present on
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