SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of January 2002
GENESYS S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
L'Acropole, 954-980 avenue Jean Mermoz, 34000 Montpellier, FRANCE
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_______________.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2002
Genesys Conferencing and Spracht Form Strategic Alliance to Provide
Complete Conferencing Solution
Genesys Meeting Center and Spracht Voice Center(TM) Conference Phone Offers
Value-Packed Solution for Small Businesses
Bedford, Mass. and Montpellier, France - January 9, 2002 -- Genesys Conferencing
(Euronext: 3955) (Nasdaq: GNSY), the world's leading conferencing specialist,
and Spracht, the provider of consumer products to help people connect, today
announced a strategic marketing partnership that brings Genesys Conferencing's
collaboration services and the Spracht Voice Center(TM) conference phone to
small and medium-sized businesses in one convenient package.
Beginning in January 2002, Spracht will be bundling free access to Genesys
Meeting Center, the first fully integrated audio and web conferencing platform
accessible on demand through the Internet, with the purchase of its Voice Center
conference phone.
Genesys Meeting Center combines the simplicity of the telephone with the impact
of the Internet, turning the PC into a universal communications tool. The result
is a robust, intuitive web interface that gives users access to a virtual
conference room, 24x7.
An in-box coupon from Genesys Conferencing is included with each Voice Center
conference phone. Initially, Genesys will make this coupon offer available in
the boxes of 10,000 phones, as part of this strategic alliance.
The Spracht Voice Center conference phone features full-duplex operation to
ensure smooth two-way communication. The bundle ensures customers the most
complete solution at one-fifth the cost of other solutions on the market.
"This alliance with Spracht provides an exciting entry into retail distribution
for Genesys Conferencing," said Gerard McEleney, vice president, wholesale
services for Genesys Conferencing. "The Voice Center conference phone combined
with Genesys Meeting Center service makes integrated audio and web conferencing
an affordable reality for small businesses and enables us to continue expanding
our reach into new audiences that can benefit from our services."
"Spracht is committed to providing users with affordable communication options
and giving our retail partners valuable solutions that their customers can get
excited about," said Rich Slevin, president of Spracht. "We're thrilled to be
able to provide such an attractive bundle through our partnership with Genesys
Conferencing, and to bring full-featured, conferencing and collaboration to such
a broad range of customers."
Genesys Meeting Center
Genesys Meeting Center is fully automated and doesn't require a reservation. It
is therefore suitable for smaller meetings of a more collaborative style.
Typical business applications include sales meetings, marketing seminars,
on-line product launches and channel communications.
With Genesys Meeting Center, users have direct access to a full range of
cutting-edge services and can manage all aspects of a meeting through a single
platform and intuitive interface. Genesys Meeting Center also offers streaming
capabilities to reach a wider audience through the web, and archiving
functionalities to record the complete meeting for later, on-demand playback.
For only $39.95 a month (15 seats, unlimited usage), Genesys Meeting offers the
only integrated audio and web conferencing platform available.
About Genesys Conferencing
Founded in 1986, Genesys Conferencing is a global communications specialist,
providing practical and innovative real-time collaborative and managed event
services to over 17,000 clients worldwide. Working in a rapidly growing market
and enjoying unique worldwide coverage as a result of its geographic expansion
policy, Genesys Conferencing has established its advanced technology in 18
countries throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and the United States. Genesys
Conferencing's ordinary shares are listed on the Nouveau Marche in Paris
(Euronext: 3955) and its ADSs are listed on the Nasdaq National Stock Market
(Nasdaq: GNSY).
Euronext: 3955 - Nasdaq: GNSY - Reuters: GNSY LP - Bloomberg: GENE LP
www.genesys.com
About Spracht
Spracht is dedicated to bringing small businesses and consumers high-quality,
affordable voice and video communications -- products to help people connect.
With its roots in computer peripherals and consumer electronics, Spracht offers
solutions that have previously been cost prohibitive. As the retail brand and
sales and marketing arm of ODI, Spracht leverages the technology, expertise, and
manufacturing resources of ODI to impact the way businesses and individuals
communicate.
Since its founding in 1993, ODI has been committed to bringing new technology
products to market quickly and cost-effectively. As an OEM leader, ODI helps
companies take their product ideas from concept to reality, designing and
developing technology products to be sold under other brands, such as Connectix
QuickCam(TM) cameras, ClearVox noise-canceling headsets, and Kensington PC video
cameras and digital displays.
Spracht is headquartered in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon
Valley, and also has offices in Asia. For more information visit
www.spracht.com.
Spracht(TM) and Voice Center(TM) are trademarks of Spracht, and ODI business.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owner
Contacts:
Paul Joyal
Genesys Conferencing
+1 781-761-6231
paul.joyal@genesys.com
Eric Boyd
Spracht
+ 1 510-507-3881
pr@spracht.com
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: January 10, 2002
GENESYS SA
By: /s/ Marie Capela
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Name: Marie Capela
Title: Group Legal Counsel