Eurescom is a private organisation for managing European research and development projects in

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. Eurescom is based in

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, Germany, and currently has 16 network operators as members performing collaborative research and development.

History

In 1991, the European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies in Telecommunications GmbH (Eurescom) was founded by European telecommunications network operators as an organisation for coordinating collaborative research and development programmes. In mid-1990, 26 European network operators signed a Memorandum of Understanding as a basis for establishing the institute as a centre for collaborative research and development in

, Germany. Since 1991, Eurescom produced several hundred European telecommunications technology project results. Eurescom made, for example, contributions to the introduction of interoperable European

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, the design of

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systems, specifications in the

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domain, and the development of new services and applications for mobile networks and fixed networks. Eurescom works with other European organisations in the telecommunications sector, including the

European Telecommunications Standards Institute The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the field of information and communications. ETSI supports the development and testing of global technical standard ...

. In 1998, ETSI, Eurescom and the ACTS programme on Advanced Communications Technologies of the

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agreed on closer collaboration.Vázquez Gallo, Enrique
"Improved Co-ordination of ETSI, EURESCOM and ACTS Activities"
''Cordis'', February 20, 1998.

Members

* Deutsche Telekom, Germany *

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, France *

BT Group BT Group plc ( trading as BT and formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, bro ...

, United Kingdom *

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, Greece *

Portugal Telecom Altice Portugal (formerly known as Portugal Telecom or PT) is the largest telecommunications service provider in Portugal. Since June 2, 2015, the company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Altice Europe, a multinational cable and telecommuni ...

, Portugal *

Telekom Austria A1 Telekom Austria Group is a provider of a range of fixed-line, broadband Internet, multimedia services, data, and IT systems, wholesale as well as mobile payment services. It is a subsidiary of Mexican telecommunications conglomerate América M ...

, Austria * Telenor, Norway * eircom, Ireland *

Magyar Telekom Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (officially ''Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság, Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company'' ) is the leading Hungarian telecommunications service provider company. I ...

, Hungary *

CYTA CYTA Ltd. (; short for "Cyprus Telecommunication Authority"; gr, Αρχή Τηλεπικοινωνιών Κύπρου (ΑΤΗΚ), ''Archí Tilelikoinonión Kýprou (ATIK)'' ) is a telecommunication provider in Cyprus. The Cyprus Telecommunicat ...

, Cyprus *

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, Iceland * Slovak Telecom, Slovak Republic *Republic Telecommunication Agency (RATEL), Republic of Serbia * Swisscom, Switzerland *

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, Italy

Activities

Eurescom has been involved in EU research projects under the

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and

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. Eurescom participates in discussions on the future of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a member of the Wireless World Research Forum and in the European Technology Platforms Emobility Technology Platform and Networked and Electronic Media. Eurescom is involved in

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research. In addition, Eurescom runs its ow
Eurescom Study Programme
in which European network operators collaborate on exploring future telecommunications technologies. Eurescom provides a set of Web-based project management tools called EuresTools.

References

External links

Eurescom WebsiteCELTIC WebsiteEuropean Future Internet Portal
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WWRF - Wireless World Research ForumeMobility Technology PlatformNEM Technology Platform
Eureka (organisation) Telecommunications organizations

History

Members

Activities

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