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Telecommunications Research Today

Telecommunications Research Today. Niel Ransom Chief Technology Officer. Focus of Alcatel Research & Innovation. Define new product concepts for delivery in 2 to 4 years Not only technology driven Focus on application of the technology, customer benefits

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Telecommunications Research Today

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  1. Telecommunications Research Today Niel Ransom Chief Technology Officer

  2. Focus of Alcatel Research & Innovation • Define new product concepts for delivery in 2 to 4 years • Not only technology driven • Focus on application of the technology, customer benefits • Feasibility studies to de-risk BD future products development • Lower development cost, faster time to market • Analyze disruptive new concepts • Enable Alcatel to address new areas outside BD’ structural organization 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years Now Focus of Business Divisions R&I Main Focus R&I Collaboration with Academic Research

  3. Antwerp Stuttgart Ottawa Plano Marcoussis Shanghai Alcatel Research & Innovation • 6 Research locations • 600 research scientists in R&I • 5% of Alcatel R&D • 290 patents in 2003 (>1/3 of Alcatel) • 400 technical publications / year

  4. Alcatel Research Partner Program INRIA Heinrich-Hertz-Institut Ottawa Anvers Stuttgart Marcoussis Plano Shanghai University of Stuttgart Partner investigation 2003 Sarnoff Corporation University of Texas at Dallas CNRS GET

  5. Gate Reviews (GRs) Scouting Phase • Conceive a Product Concept/Module Idea • Market & Technology trends • NSG, ALTA, R&I, STD, BDs,… GR0 PC Initiation • Confirm Product Concept • Nominate Owner Planning Phase • Reach a Product Concept/Module Definition • Participants / Key values • Budget /Deliveries / Milestones GR1 PC Study Launch • Assign Project Lead • Allocate budget Study Phase • Confirm the Product Concept/Module • Market Target Definition • Technology Requirements Analysis • Feasibility Study, Architecture/System Documents • Proof of Concept / Lab demonstrator GR2 PC Transfer Launch • Approve Transfer Plan Transfer Phase • Transfer to Product development • Specifications / Documents • Prototype GR3 PC Closure • Lesson Learned Summary R&I Research Life Cycle

  6. Comparitive Research Intensity (2001) Research as fractionof total GNP

  7. Researchers per 1000 Labor Force (2001)

  8. R&D Investment by Top 300 International Firms (2002)

  9. Government Funding of R&D (2003) Percent of GNP

  10. The CELTIC Initiative (Cooperation for a European sustained Leadership in Telecommunications) A EUREKA Cluster Dedicated to Communication Techniques, Systems and Services

  11. CELTIC Project Statistics

  12. A few observations … • The appropriate level of research is a function of both the size of an industry and the growth rate of that industry • Telecom is currently scoring badly on both metrics • Acquisitions drive companies away from investing in research • Why invent new technologies if your products are coming from other companies? • With value shifting away from bandwidth towards uses of bandwidth, there is a shift of research away from components and towards applications and systems. • IPR policies of US universities is not competitive with those of European and Asian universities

  13. www.alcatel.com

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