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Belgacom and Samsung sign a strategic partnership for the business market

Belgacom has signed a strategic partnership with industry player Samsung Electronics to develop new end-to-end solutions for the business market. The agreement was signed in Samsung Electronics HQ (South Korea) by Mr Didier Bellens, CEO Belgacom and Mr DJ Lee, Executive Vice President Global Sales & Marketing Samsung. The partnership is an extension of the successful partnership both companies already have in the residential area.

Didier Bellens, CEO Belgacom: “Belgacom is committed to focus on the business customer’s concerns in managing every day communications and on what he needs to improve business efficiency. By working with a strategic partner as Samsung, Belgacom is able to offer a combination of services and products in a single end-to-end solution along with a service guarantee.”

DJ Lee, EVP Global Sales & Marketing Samsung: "This strategic business partnership is the expression of a long term vision that seeks to generate growth for both parties, and encompasses all product lines of Samsung and Belgacom."

Samsung & Belgacom are currenty looking into several possibilities and initiatives to further extend and strengthen the strategic partnership. B2B is one of the new areas in which both parties are investigating opportunities.

Jointly built solutions will be deployed across business sectors and are called “Horizontal” solutions. These value propositions include Unified Communication & Collaboration, Device Management, Security, Application Virtualisation, Digital Signage, etc. Other will be designed for specific sectors and are called “Vertical” solutions. Focus domains here will be Education, Health, Public & Finance.