Crosscall partners with BT to bring its range of rugged smartphones to UK businesses

   - September 16, 2024

Crosscall, Europe's leading manufacturer of rugged smartphones for the enterprise, has announced a new collaboration with BT. Under the agreement, Crosscall's range of affordable, durable and rugged mobile devices will be available to UK businesses for the first time.

Available to BT customers from September 30, Crosscall's phones are uniquely designed, with an emphasis on durability. Designed to accompany users over the long term, all the brand's smartphones and tablets come with a 5-year warranty, including for issues related to the phone's battery life. Crosscall devices are also designed to be easy to repair, in order to extend their lifespan and limit replacement. The brand also guarantees the availability of spare parts for 10 years.

Crosscall's latest innovative smartphone, the STELLAR-X5, contains 26% recycled materials. These ongoing eco-design efforts as part of a solid CSR policy have earned the company a gold medal from Ecovadis, a world-renowned CSR assessment organization. This places Crosscall in the top 5% of companies with the best CSR performance, out of more than 130,000 companies assessed. This accreditation also complements BT's ambitious net-zero strategy.

Through its collaboration with BT, Crosscall aims to deliver exceptional service and robust technology to businesses operating in challenging environments in both the public and private sectors. Crosscall currently supplies over 300,000 devices to customers such as Leroy Merlin, Europe's leading home furnishings retailer, SNCF, the French national railway company, and the French national police force.

BT's Sally Fuller said, "As the first operator in the UK to sell Crosscall phones, this partnership offers a unique opportunity for BT customers, enabling them to purchase robust, market-leading handsets with extended warranties. Crosscall's impressive sustainability credentials also build on our existing initiatives, which aim not only to reduce our own carbon emissions, but also those of our customers and partners.

Matthew Burchell, Crosscall, said: "This collaboration with BT is a real opportunity for Crosscall to meet the needs of UK businesses and professionals looking for a more sustainable telephony alternative. Our ambition is to replicate our success in Europe and become a UK leader in enterprise technology.

Crosscall will be present at theEmergency Tech Show on September 18 and 19 in Birmingham to meet key players in public and private security and present its innovative communication solutions.

About Crosscall
Crosscall is a French manufacturer of waterproof, rugged cell phones with long battery life. Founded in 2009 by Cyril Vidal and based in Aix-en-Provence, the brand develops models adapted to the adverse and unpredictable conditions to which athletes and professionals are exposed in the field (water, rain, wind, humidity, dust, shocks...). Crosscall has sold over 4.5 million mobile devices in more than 20,000 points of sale and generated sales of 114 million euros.

About BT Group
BT Group is the UK's leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions and services. We also provide managed telecommunications, security, network and IT infrastructure services to customers in 180 countries.
The BT Group is made up of three customer-focused units: Consumer serves individuals and families in the UK; Business covers businesses and public services in the UK and overseas; Openreach is an independent, 100%-owned subsidiary which wholesales fixed access infrastructure services to its customers - over 700 communications providers in the UK.
British Telecommunications plc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all the activities and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
For more information, visit www.bt.com/about

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