NETS Networks of the Future
The NETS technology programme strengthens Finnish
telecommunications industry in research and development
of wireless systems and broadband networks
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Duration: 2001-2005
Estimated volume: 120 million euros
Programme Manager: Anssi Kujala, EPStar Oy
Programme Supervisor:
Erkki Hietanen, Tekes
 Further information:
www.tekes.fi/english/
programmes/NETS
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Programme elements
Objectives
Programme
execution
Results
Tekes
- Know-how
- Growth
- International Relations
- Technology
- Competitiveness
Enable
opportunities
Carry out
opportunities
Profitable enterprise
Business Growth
Society Well-being
Enterprise Ltd.
- Information Acquisition
- Competence Development
- Networking
- R&D Effectiveness
- Risk Management
- R&D Funding
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Targeted business areas
Value chains
Content providers &
application service providers
Equipment
& software
providers
and
supporting
services
Content packaging
Telecom & internet operators
Access operators
Service providers
Business
Mobile
users
Homes
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International objectives
 To generate mutually beneficial collaboration
between Finnish programme participants and
international enterprises or institutions in the
field of telecommunications technology and
services as described in the NETS Focus Areas
 To shorten the time to market and ensure the good
utilisation of the results of the development work
 To encourage the Finnish NETS participants to
take initiatives in international business
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Focus areas
 The architectures and implementation
technologies for wireless systems
 The technologies of broadband
packet switched networks
 Service and application concepts
utilizing the new networks
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Programme status
September, 2002
 More than 230 applications
received
 63 financed industrial R&D
projects, total volume 31
million euros
 27 financed research projects,
total volume 7.3 million euros
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Programme status
June, 2002
 More than 230 applications
received
 63 financed industrial R&D
projects, total volume 96,7
million euros
 27 financed research projects,
total volume 10,6 million euros
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Thematic groups
NETS has initiated 9 thematic groups among the
programme participants and other players in the industry
 Purpose of Thematic Groups
 to serve as an interactive
management tool for guiding
the programme during execution
 facilitate networking and clustering
among the programme participants
and other active players in the
telecommunications industry and
research
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Current NETS thematic groups
 Wireless systems and networks
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1b.
1c.
1d.
Interoperability between networks
Evaluation of service technologies
Hybrid ad-hoc networks (infra)
Radio channel and air interface
technologies
 Broadband Packet Switched Networks
 Services and Applications
3a. New applications and concepts
3b. Regulation and information Society
3c. Agent technologies
 Internationalisation
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