(Telecompaper) BT, Deutsche Telekom, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Millicom, MTS, Orange, Rogers, TeliaSonera and TIM have joined forces to build a new Partnering Operator Alliance with the aim of more efficiently and quickly bringing innovative products and services to customers around the world. The operators represent a potential customer base of around 1 billion in more than 80 countries around the world. The Alliance focuses on exchanging best practices on how to bring partner propositions to the market, joint efforts in partner scouting and sharing knowledge about upcoming trends and services amongst the group.