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SME

Expertise and

Skills

Co-funded by the Horizon 2020 programme

of the European Union

in the 5G Domain

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

Useful links

Find the SME you need

www.networld2020.eu/fi nd-the-sme-you-need/

NetWorld2020 SME support

www.networld2020.eu/sme-support

NetWorld2020 European Technology Platform

www.networld2020.eu

5G Public-Private Partnership

www.5g-ppp.eu

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I am very proud to present the second

edi on of the brochure on “SME

Exper se and Skills in the 5G Domain”.

Like the previous version, it aims at

showing the exper se and skills from

selected European Small and Medium-

sized Enterprises (SMEs) in 5G and

related domains. This  me, we are

focusing more on the exper se that

could be useful in various industry

ver cal sectors. Indeed, this is one of

the major diff erences between 5G and

the previous genera ons of mobile and

wireless systems: 5G will be so pervasive

that it will be used in a much broader

landscape, addressing requirements

from such sectors as automo ve

and transport, media and content,

manufacturing and logis cs, energy,

health, and many others.

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

(SMEs) have an important role to play

in developing, pilo ng and deploying

5G technologies, both to help with

disrup ve technologies and to address

the needs of various ver cal sectors.

European SMEs have a great added

value in providing innova ve concepts

and solu ons that are having an

important impact on the 5G value chain.

They have the agility and fl exibility

required in a fast evolving technical and

market landscape. This has been well

understood within the 5G Public-Private

Partnership (5G PPP), where SMEs have

a 20% share. Since 2017, the Board

of the 5G Infrastructure Associa on

includes two SME representa ves (out

of 12 members).

This brochure aims at con nuing to

achieve SME par cipa on in new

projects looking further in terms of

coopera on with ver cal industry

stakeholders, including but not limited

to Phase 3 of the 5G PPP, looking at

developing 5G pla orms and large-

scale trials in various ver cal industrial

sectors. I am fully convinced that SMEs

have a great added value in providing

innova ve 5G related concepts and

solu ons that could be used in various

industry sectors. SMEs have the agility

and fl exibility that are required in a

fast evolving technical and market

landscape and are already working in

many of those sectors. They are willing

to work with larger industrial companies

and research organisa ons to develop

leading 5G solu ons for the global

market.

I would like to thank all my colleagues

in the SME Working Group for their

contribu on and their hard work, and I

am looking forward to seeing more and

more European SMEs cooperate with

European and non-European partners

in the near future, for the development

and deployment of 5G in various ver cal

industry sectors.

Please note that this brochure is

complemented with a web page

providing details on SME exper se in

rela on with 5G PPP Phase 3, en tled

“Find the SME you need!”, that is

available at www.networld2020.eu/

fi nd-the-sme-you-need/.

NetWorld2020 is the European Technology

Pla orm for telecommunica ons and related

services and applica ons. The SME Working

Group is the networking place for SMEs. It

helps promote SME ac vi es and exper se

(including but not limited to 5G) towards

other stakeholders, in par cular large

companies. For more informa on on the

ac vi es of the SME Working Group, please

have a look at www.networld2020.eu/sme-

support/.

EDITORIAL

JACQUES MAGEN

InterInnov

Chair of the SME Working Group

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

CUMUCORE 5QUOBIS NETWORKS SL 25

FUTURE INTELLIGENCE 6REAL-WIRELESS 26

INCELLIGENT 7RFSAT 27

INTEGRASYS 8SENCEPTION 29

INTERINNOV 10 SEVEN SOLUTIONS 30

INTERNET INSTITUTE LTD. 11 SIKLU 31

IS-WIRELESS 12 SPECTRUM INSIGHT LTD 32

ITTI 13 SUITE5 DATA INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED 33

LIONIX INTERNATIONAL 15 SYNELIXIS SOLUTIONS S.A. 34

LIVEU LTD 16 TREELOGIC 35

MARTEL INNOVATE 17 TST-SISTEMAS 36

MOLTOSENSO 18 UBITECH 37

MONTIMAGE 19 UBIWHERE 38

NEXTWORKS 20 VERTICAL M2M 39

NOUVEAUCOMM 22 VISIONA INGENIERÍA DE PROYECTOS S.L. 40

OPEN-CELLS 23 WEST AQUILA 41

POWER-OPS 24 WINGS ICT SOLUTIONS 42

COMPANY PROFILES

SUCCESS STORIES 9 / 14 / 21 / 28 / 43

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CUMUCORE

Year established 2015

Number of employees 8

Website www.cumucore.com

Contact email info@cumucore.com

Expertise in 5G

5G micro-services Service Based Architecture

integrated with SDN orchestrator to provide

Network slicing and Ultra Reliable Low Latency

communica on for Energy, Industrial and

manufacturing Applica ons. Currently the 5G NGC

core supports CIoT which is integrated with Unifi ed

Device Management system. The eMBMS feature is

also supported in NGC for media delivery and Cri cal

Communica ons Services.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Cumucore has exper se in network slicing based

on SDN at networking layer. Network slicing

orchestrator manages the network resources at

Layer 2/3 based on VLAN tags and MPLS labels to

guarantee low latency and high reliability network

slice for Industrial Internet, media distribu on or

other mission cri cal applica ons like public safety.

Cumucore provides the fi rst deployment of 3GPP

User Data Convergence (UDC) repository to manage

NB-IOT devices and sensor data.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Cumucore R&D team has been involved for over

15 years in coopera on with industry partners

in projects such as MEVICO, SIGMONA, TAKE-5G

and leading innova on in SDN used for mobile

network management (SDN backhaul for mobility

management WO 2015150638 A1)

Cumucore team contributed to standardisa on

First ITU ETSI Proof-of-Concept with SDN managed

mobile backhaul (ETSI PoC #23)

Cumucore provides the cloud core network at the

world-fi rst Licensed Shared Access (LSA) pilot. The

fi nal results of the Italian pilot on the LSA were

presented in Rome on 23rd September 2016.

Poten al interest in R&D and Innova on Coopera on

Cumucore has interest in 5G related R&I ac vi es to

ensure interoperability of their current products with

other partners. Moreover, collec ng requirements

and needs from ver cals in the areas of Industrial

Internet, manufacturing, smart energy and NB-IOT

services is important to mature Cumucore off ering.

Our unique selling point

Cumucore R&D team has exper se and available

products in technologies such as 5G NGC, Network

slicing (based on SDN), CIOT and eMBMS which

can be tailored for diff erent service needs based

on customer/partner requirements. Cumucore can

deliver early prototypes of new solu ons based on

their current product por olio.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

FUTURE INTELLIGENCE

Year established 2009

Number of employees 10

Website www.f-in.gr

Contact email tmoysiadis@f-in.gr

Expertise in 5G

Future Intelligence (FINT) is a Greek Telecom

Engineering company with a mission to deliver

innova ve solu ons for Next Genera on Wireless

Systems. Having deployed a WiMAX bubble to

integrate heterogeneous UxVs’ payloads (2013), and

built a general purpose Cyber-Physical twin pla orm

for IoT (2014) it now focuses on “so warising”

hardware and enabling on-demand, low-cost

service off ering (NFV, SDN) for 4/5G networks (since

2015). On the contrary, the company enhances

edge-network “hardwariza on” on top of its

programmable net-FPGA Portable Cloud Pla orm

that accelerates fronthaul network performance and

distributes network processing (since 2017). Last,

FINT’s emerging IoT gateway would adjust mul ple

radio access interfaces (6LoWPAN, BLE, LoRa) to

core 5G infrastructure.

Expertise in vertical sectors

FINT has commercial deployments in Smart Ci es

and Smart Agriculture that will transform into cross-

domain business cases. For the former, a network

infrastructure based on outdoor LEDs is launched

which is also capable to support Smart Cameras

for Security and Parking purposes. For the Smart

Farming case, smart sensor nodes feed a powerful

gateway at the network edge with on-fi eld sensors

which can also host anomalies’ detec on from UAVs’

Area Surveillance mission notably used for Forest

Monitoring. In addi on, NFV and SDN services may

be off ered to Telecom Operators to op mise their

OPEX and improve the quality of services.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

FINT has rich experience in FP7, MED (INTERREG),

SEE, Greek and UK na onal funds and of course

H2020. The company has built a compe  ve, in-

house RnD department which also delivers RnD

services for and on account of the private sector.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

FINT would very much welcome collabora on on

the convergence of front and backhaul network

leveraging the edge IoT gateway capabili es. In

addi on, case-studies and pilots in certain ver cals

would be of high interest especially in the inclusive

smart ci es domain (transporta on, energy, water)

where ci zens, businesses and authori es interact.

Our unique selling point

The company was established as an RnD intensive

SME but soon succeeded in exploi ng such funds

to build commercial products and services that are

now enabling it to scale. As a result, FINT couples

strong technical engineering competencies with

the required so skills to quickly iden fy the route

to market and reach appropriate stakeholders

following a win-win partnership approach.

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INCELLIGENT

Year established 2014

Number of employees 10

Website www.incelligent.net

Contact email info@incelligent.net

Expertise in 5G

Incelligent is an Athens-based, dynamic SME, ac ve

in Europe, US and MENA region off ering intelligent

Predic ve and Ac onable solu ons for Telecom

Network/Service Providers and other Ver cal

industries. Its founders and workforce consist of

senior telecom/ R&D engineers, highly competent

so ware developers and data scien sts. The main

intellectual property of Incelligent is its modular,

analy cs so ware pla orm used -among others- in

recent projects and pilots for:

(a) Strategic planning and future evolu on of 5G

mobile networks, (b) Proac ve customer experience

management for Telco and Fintech, (c) network

op miza on in wireless networks.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Incelligent products involve a sophis cated so ware

system and separate so ware products based on

big data analy cs, state-of-the-art machine learning

and ar fi cial intelligence algorithms towards the

provisioning of predic ve and prescrip ve solu ons.

Its domain-agnos c approach allows for versa lity

and easy deployment of solu ons in various ver cal

sectors and CRM solu ons. Recently, Incelligent has

successfully developed solu ons for the banking

sector: (a) Customer 360 & micro-segmenta on, (b)

Targeted product recommenda ons, (c) Probability

of default predic on and (d) Intelligent automated

text classifi ca on of customer complaints.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Incelligent’s R&D and innova on ac ons are

carried out partly through par cipa on into

various EU projects and through its involvement

in standardiza on bodies. Currently, Incelligent

par cipates in two 5G-PPP projects, namely

MATILDA and 5G-PHOS, staying on top of current

developments in the 5G ecosystem technologies.

Indica ve research domains are advanced analy cs,

state-of-the art machine learning algorithms,

so ware defi ned networks, automa on of resource

management. Addi onally, Incellligent is involved

in various working groups and -among others-

par cipates in the development and demonstra on

of an ETSI NTECH 5G PoC.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Incelligent is always interested in coopera ons

with other organiza ons in the context of research

projects, as well as product development, inves ng

in R&I whether in the Telco sector or in ver cal

sectors. The company is highly interested in novel

products and solu ons that involve one or more of

the following within the 5G ecosystem: Advanced

Machine Learning and Ar fi cial Intelligence

solu ons, autonomic resource management of

wireless networks, smart marke ng/ CRM solu ons

and IoT management solu ons.

Our unique selling point

We provide tailored, out-of-the-box solu ons that

u lize state-of-the-art Ar fi cial Intelligence and Big

Data technologies, going beyond simple analy cs

and off ering in-depth insights, predic ve as well as

prescrip ve analy cs.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

INTEGRASYS

Year established 1990

Number of employees 25

Website www.integrasys-space.com

Contact email pedro.ruiz@integrasys-sa.com

Expertise in 5G

IntegraSys is an SME engineering company

specialized in the design, development and

integra on of Real Time so ware for network

infrastructure (management, monitoring and

control), service provisioning, and Opera on

System Suppor in the area of wireless, aerospace

and mobile communica ons. The company also

develops solu on for automated measurement and

cer fi ca on systems in the telecommunica on fi eld.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Integrasys provides solu on in the following sectors:

- Satellite: Remote network monitoring and

management, including own OSS tools with

network virtualiza on. Integra on with

terrestrial network. Backhaul.

- Public Safety Communica on: Secured

communica on of emergency situa on, fast

deployment, interoperable communica on

among robo cs vehicles. Protec on of cri cal

infrastructure.

- Factories: WSN for harsh environment,

including Factories and Power Plants.

- Media Delivery, content aware video delivery,

hybrid broadcast (DVB-Tx /-Sx) and broadband

(LTE) based on DASH. Video surveillance (H264

over Sat/terrestrial).

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

We have experience for over 19 years in European

R&D projects in consor a, working mainly as

so ware developers and system integrators in

the fi eld of Mobile and Satellite Communica ons,

So ware and Services, and embedded pla orms

design and development. It is emphasized:

- H2020 ECSEL IoSENSE (2015-2018): To

establish the base for increased manufacturing

capacity for integrated sensors in Europe.

Integrasys work on the connec vity part and

IoT demonstrators

- H2020 AIOSAT (2017 - 2019): To develop a Safety

Cri cal team tracking and communica on

solu on for workers under high risk.

- H2020 RESISTO (2018-2021): Protec on of

Telecommunica on infrastructure both from

physical and cybera acks

Integrasys has been par cipa ng in more than 20

R&D EU project from FP4.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Improving our commercial products, network

management, secured network, interference

mi ga on and management, harsh condi on,

Satellite Communica on, safety cri cal, real  me,

NFV, SDN, SDR, mobile edge compu ng.

Our unique selling point

- Exper se in this Telecom domain (more than

25 years working with main players in SatCom,

Telecom Operator and ESA).

- Business impact and capacity to exploit the

results, including interna onaliza on out of

EU (60% of our market is out of Europe, mainly

US). This is seen as good point, especially

considering we are a SME.

- Cross knowledge on integrated mobile

terrestrial networks, WSN and Satellite

networks.

- Applica on to domains as Security or Factories

monitoring, Electric Plant, Railway… We can

bring end users on these domains.

- Most of our products come from R&D projects,

which is since as a very posi ve example of

innova on.

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A company that has successfully

commercialized products that were

ini ally developed in EU R&D projects.

EU based company whose main

market is in USA, Latam, EMEA and

Australia. Our products have been

awarded four  me in most pres gious

forums of Satellite Communica on in

New York, Washington and London.

Cumucore successfully ran the fi rst

SDN based network slicing in Surrey

5G Innova on Center as part of

So FIRE experimenta on pla orm.

www.so fi re.eu/user-stories/oc2_5gnaas/

SUCCESS STORIES

CUMUCORE

INTEGRASYS

Incelligent has developed mechanisms

for the proac ve management of: (i)

wireless broadband networks (applied

currently in real network se ngs;

leading to the US patent 9,942,085);

(ii) the customer experience, which

led to the a rac on of interest/

investments from the FinTech (e.g.,

banking) sectors.

INCELLIGENT

InterInnov is a front runner in the

Ecosystem Building of European R+I

ini a ves. Our team leads the SME

Working Group and the Communica on

Channel of the whole 5G PPP

Community, as well as the Outreach and

Exploita on in 5G-MEDIA, the 5G project

boos ng the Media Industry.

INTERINNOV

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

INTERINNOV

Year established 2009

Number of employees 5

Website www.interinnov.eu

Contact email contact@interinnov.eu

Expertise in 5G

CONNECT, DRIVE, COMMUNICATE -InterInnov is one

of the key ecosystem builders of the European 5G

landscape since 2013. Member of the NetWorld2020

Steering Board, the company chairs the Working

Group focused on empowering the posi on of Small

and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). InterInnov

is also a Board Member of the 5G Infrastructure

Associa on and an ac ve partner in projects from

the 5G Public Private Partnership (5G PPP). Our scope

includes coordina on and support ac ons, research

and innova on ini a ves with an impact on ver cal

domains and interna onal joint coopera on in the

advancement of 5G with countries such as China and

the USA.

Expertise in vertical sectors

InterInnov assembles a large network of contacts

at European and interna onal level in the industry

and public administra on in various sectors. In the

context of 5G, the company is a leading partner of the

H2020 project 5G-MEDIA, one of the fi rst ini a ves

targe ng a ver cal sector within the scope of the

5G PPP, in par cular the Media Industry. We are

responsible for the Dissemina on, Communica on

and Exploita on eff orts of this ac on.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Our ac vi es represent a benchmark in the Transfer

of Technology, Ecosystem Building and Interna onal

collabora on of the European R&D and Innova on

landscape. Involved in the European Commission’s

Framework Programmes since it was established in

2009, the company has par cipated in a signifi cant

number of FP7 and H2020 projects, with a prominent

role in ini a ves related to Informa on and

Communica on Technologies (ICT), such as the 5G

PPP, the Future Internet PPP and the Future Internet

Research & Experimenta on (FIRE) programmes.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

As a company specialised in Open Innova on,

we permanently seek new opportuni es for

coopera on with our comprehensive network

of stakeholders, which include industry, SMEs,

academia and public administra on. Our par cular

interest concentrates in ini a ves where disrup ve

technology creates a posi ve impact for the society,

such as the ver cal sectors of Media, Smart Ci es,

Health, Transporta on and Safety. In addi on, we

hold interest at interna onal scale, contribu ng to

build up joint agendas with reference countries in

5G such as the US, Canada, Taiwan, Brazil, Korea,

China and Japan.

Our unique selling point

Our value proposi on is to transform the European

powerhouse of Science and Technology into tangible

results, ge ng Research and Innova on closer

to the market and to the communi es that can

benefi t or contribute to it, whether they belong to

Industry, Academia, Public Administra ons, or the

Entrepreneurship and Innova on Ecosystems.

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INTERNET INSTITUTE LTD.

Year established 2014

Number of employees 3 + 9 Associates

Website www.iins tute.eu

Contact email janez.sterle@iins tute.eu

Expertise in 5G

INTERNET INSTITUTE Ltd. (ININ) is an innova on-

intensive SME, specialized in QoS and QoE

measurement solu ons, quality assurance systems

and services, and emergency response and

interven on management tools for public safety

needs. We have exper se in 5G performance and

quality metrics development and valida on, 5G

benchmarking and end-to-end KPIs valida on,

and quality monitoring and SLA assurance for

orchestrated 5G infrastructures and services. Also,

we are experienced in design and deployment of

reliable and resilient 5G infrastructures for public

safety needs.

Expertise in vertical sectors

ININ addresses telco, corporate and ver cal

industrial sectors with their qMON por olio for

quality monitoring and SLA assurance, benchmarking

and end-to-end valida on of communica on

infrastructures and services. In addi on, we

specialise in design, development and integra on

of on-site and backhaul cri cal communica ons

solu ons and interven on monitoring tools and

apps for the public safety sector. We cooperate

 ghtly with PPDR prac  oners and we are involved

in several R&D and pilo ng projects addressing the

delivery of future proof communica on systems,

services and apps for 112 and emergency response

needs.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

ININ is ac ve in R&I and industrial projects domain

and is part of the 5G PPP Phase 2 programme

(project MATILDA, www.ma lda-5g.eu). We work

on monitoring and QoS and QoE evidence collec on

capabili es in the 5G-orchestrator solu on. Also,

we are involved in planning and implementa on of

5G ver cal use cases for the emergency response

domain, including pilo ng in realis c environments

in joint coopera on with PPDR prac  oners.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Our par cular interests for upcoming 5G research

are: quality assurance of mobile, fi xed and cloud

systems, including 5G performance and quality

metrics development and valida on, 5G tes ng,

benchmarking and 5G end-to-end KPIs valida on;

quality monitoring and SLA assurance for 5G

infrastructures and services; and R&I and pilo ng

of resilient real- me 5G cri cal infrastructures,

and specialised 5G deployments for public safety,

automo ve and intelligent transport, and smart grid

ver cals.

Our unique selling point

We prac ce R&I in  ght coopera on with end-users

and prac  oners, leading to real-world pilo ng and

actual deployments in prac ce.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

IS-WIRELESS

Year established 2006

Number of employees 15

Website www.is-wireless.com

Contact email info@is-wireless.com

Expertise in 5G

IS-Wireless develops algorithms, protocols, and

tools for 4G and 5G mobile networks. We provide

licensable so ware in the two following areas: 1)

NFV-compa ble, standard-compliant RAN protocols

ready for evolu on to 5G. The product is named

So ware-Defi ned RAN. This allows mobile networks

to support more users with be er performance

at lower cost. 2) Experimenta on solu ons- the

5GToolset suppor ng research and educa on on

4G and 5G. Our ambi on is to bring 4G and 5G

innova on for every university and research lab

worldwide at aff ordable prices.

Expertise in vertical sectors

One of our fi rst projects was the design and

implementa on of a complete broadband access

system for one of the providers of Polish Ministry

of Defense. This shows our capabili es within the

public safety ver cal sector.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

We are experts in the following areas: Baseband PHY

waveforms and algorithms for LTE, LTE-A and 5G,

eNB and UE L2-L3 protocols, SDN and NFV in RAN,

Radio resource management for LTE, LTE-A and 5G,

link-level and system-level simula ons of wireless

systems.

IS-Wireless is an ac ve par cipant of collabora ve

research projects on 4G, 5G and beyond, within

5G-PPP, H2020 and FP7 projects.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

We are looking for partners willing to collaborate in:

(i) development of 5G small cell protocols and radio

resource management solu ons for 4G/5G and

cloud-RAN (ii) delivering cyber security solu ons

for 4G/5G small cells. We look forward to cooperate

with ver cals (media, IoT/automo ve, public safety)

as we have our proprietary solu ons for virtualized

RAN that can be tailored and further adjusted per

use-case.

Our unique selling point

IS-Wireless aims to become the leading global

so ware partner for the LTE/5G base sta on

ecosystem by delivering cu ng edge radio protocols

and signal processing algorithms.

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ITTI

Year established 1996

Number of employees 60

Website www.i .com.pl

Contact email Krzysztof.Samp@i .com.pl

Expertise in 5G

The main competences of ITTI related to 5G are in PHY

layer (channel coding, modula on, signal processing,

synchronisa on) and MAC layer (admission control,

conges on control op miza on), cogni ve resource

control and service adapta on (cross-layer, context

driven, machine learning based, QoE/QoS), network

and cybersecurity, test campaigns (e.g. video

systems, mobile data services) and valida on by

means of system/link level simulators (LTE, WIMAX).

Expertise in vertical sectors

Our exper se covers eHealth, energy, and public

safety ver cal sectors. We developed Medstar.co

solu on that off ers telecare support for remote

pa ents. In the energy sector, we worked on op mal

control for smart ci es (e.g. light control, energy

management). We also have extensive exper se in

economic evalua on of PPDR networks and social

media usage in crisis management within the public

safety sector.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

ITTI has over 15 years of experience in numerous

EC funded projects – star ng from FP5 to H2020

presently . We also carry out R&D projects for

European Defence Agency (EDA) and European

Space Agency (ESA). Besides the interest in ICT, our

company has signifi cant exper se in sensor systems,

data analysis and visualisa on, simula ons in crisis

management, lessons learnt systems (knowledge

management), security (cybersecurity, CBRN

protec on), biometrics, and space technologies and

research.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Having a competent and experienced team of

telecommunica on engineers and so ware

developers, ITTI is interested in collabora on with

partners on development of innova ve solu ons for

ver cal sectors in the 5G ecosystem. In par cular,

we are interested in integra ng novel technologies

to our eHealth Medstar.co solu on to enhance its

func onality leveraging 5G capabili es. We are

also seeking partners for collabora on on security

solu ons for 5G networks.

Our unique selling point

We develop so ware solu ons and innova ve

applica ons driven by our long me and rich

experience and interest in R&D ac vi es, par cularly

in the area of ICT and security.

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LioniX Interna onal has secured

a seven-fi gure contract for the

development and fabrica on of

integrated photonic modules

that enable ultra-high capacity

broadband satellite communica ons

from fl at-panel aeronau cal

antennas. This contract with ViaSat

Antenna Systems S.A. is part of

the ESA project AIDAN and follows

years of intensive research and

development.

LIONIX INTERNATIONAL

INTERNET INSTITUTE is now

recognized as trusted partner in

the 5G quality assurance and public

safety domain, collabora ng with

various industrial, public and research

partners.

SUCCESS STORIES

INTERNET INSTITUTE

Since 2012 IS-Wireless has par cipated

in compe  ve R&D projects funded by

EU.

ITTI has contributed to over 50

interna onal R&D projects in the EC

Framework Programmes (5FP, 6FP, 7FP,

H2020), EDA programmes and ESA

programmes.

IS-WIRELESS

ITTI

Orchestra Ci es is Martel’s Smart City pla orm,

which was selected among the fi ve top ones

(ranked #2) by a Pre-Procurement Ac on

run by Antwerp, Copenhagen and Helsinki.

Through several itera on rounds, the pla orm

is now maturing into a solu on that allows the

collabora ve crea on of Smart Ci es involving

diff erent stakeholders through Open APIs and

Open Data. Martel is now in discussion with

several municipali es and companies in the Smart

City market willing to leverage on this pla orm for

eff ec ve, fl exible and scalable smart city services

off ering and management.

MARTEL INNOVATE

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LIONIX INTERNATIONAL

Year established 2001

Number of employees 53

Website www.lionix-interna onal.com

Contact email p.w.l.vandijk@lionix-int.com

Expertise in 5G

LioniX Interna onal develops integrated microwave

photonics (iMWP) solu ons, in par cular integrated

photonic modules, op cal beamforming networks

(OBFN), that enable ultra-high capacity broadband

communica ons from fl at-panel antennas for

mmWave satellite, aeronau cal and 5G terrestrial

applica ons. Our core technology is based on

hybrid integra on of high-contrast, low-loss, silicon

nitride photonics, called TriPleX™, with an Indium

Phosphide (InP). This pla orm provides small,

integrated modules with novel RF-func ons such

as, switches, fi lters, true- me-delay-lines, WDM

and more. We are partner in H2020 5G-projects

blueSPACE and 5GPHOS.

Expertise in vertical sectors

We provide customized solu ons for OEM’s and

System Integrators, from design to fully assembled

modules, by ver cal integra on and in scalable

produc on volumes. We maintain our technology

leadership secured by a strong IP posi on. LioniX

Interna onal focuses on Photonic Integrated Circuits

(PIC) enabled modules based on its proprietary

waveguide technology (TriPleX™), in addi on to its

other core competences micro-fl uidics, opto-fl uidics

and MEMS.

Our PIC modules and addi onal competences can be

used in a suite of applica ons in Telecom/Datacom,

Life Science, Metrology and is off ered as well in our

technology services.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Our proprietary TriPleX™ pla orm enables hyper-

spectral (400-2350 nm) Photonic Integrated Circuits.

Research and Development focusses on integra on

of confi gurable integrated photonics func onality,

using piezo-based low-power actua on, also co-

developped in the H2020 EU projects HAMLET

and 3PEAT. Other joint research envisions further

improvements towards mmWave performance. Our

PIC modules are developed for diff erent types of

products in Life Science applica ons, like confocal

microscopy, fl ow cytometry, Op cal Coherence

Tomography (OCT), endoscopy, spectroscopy,

op cal biosensors, food sor ng, fl owcytometry and

molecular diagnos cs.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Applica ons of broadband mmWave RF and

integrated microwave photonics technology in

terrestrial and space. Diff erent types of products for

metrology applica ons such as: laser interferometry

(homodyne, heterodyne and mul wavelength

detec on), op cal coherence tomography (OCT)

and spectrometry. Integra on and miniaturiza on

of photonic sensing for industrial, telecom and life

science applica ons in the hyper spectral region

from 400 nm – 2350 nm for op cal metrology, to

measure distances, surfaces or mo on. Applica on

of our PICs increases robustness, reliability and

compactness and may provide new methods of

measuring.

Our unique selling point

We provide customized solu ons for OEM’s and

System Integrators, from design to fully assembled

modules, by ver cal integra on in scalable

produc on volumes. Our PIC modules and addi onal

competences can be used in a suite of applica ons

in Telecom/Datacom, Life Science, Metrology and

is off ered as well in our technology services. We

maintain our technology leadership in silicon nitride,

low-loss technology secured by a strong IP posi on.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

LIVEU LTD

Year established 2007

Number of employees 200

Website www.liveu.com

Contact email baruch@liveu.com

Expertise in 5G

Using Mul -link (“bonding”) in 5G.

Member of 5G-Xcast H2020 project, a 5GPPP Phase

II project focused on Broadcast and Mul cast

Communica on Enablers For the Fi h Genera on of

Wireless Systems. h p://5g-xcast.eu/

Member of the Health^5G Cel c project

h ps://www.cel cplus.eu/project-health5g/

Member of the 5G-IA Trials WG

Expertise in vertical sectors

Media, TV, broadcas ng, online video,

Public safety, police and border protec on

Connected car and autonomous cars

LiveU has been driving the live/real- me video

revolu on, providing real  me video and data

“bonding” mul ple links over any IP-based

technology. LiveU enables broadcasters of all sizes

to acquire and share live video reliably on any

viewing pla orm – TV, social (Facebook etc), web,

OTT, proprietary etc. With over 2,000 customers in

80+ countries, LiveU’s technology is the solu on of

choice for global broadcasters, online media, news

agencies and social media to cover breaking and

developing news and high-profi le events.

Also serving the public safety and government

ver cal for real  me mobile surveillance, situa onal

awareness, search and rescue, disaster management,

telemedicine and others.

LiveU is involved in the Connected Car and

autonomous vehicle ver cals, providing real  me

video connec vity from the vehicle.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Algorithms, so ware, hardware (our own devices)

and RF development engineers and experts.

In video (including HEVC H.265), cellular, satellite,

wireless, cloud-based opera on and other

disciplines.

Facility, well-equipped lab, and worldwide opera on

over mul tude of real life operators’ networks.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Looking for coopera on in research and projects

in 5G mul link, converged networks, video/media

delivery.

Projects under future calls in H2020 and others, in

media, trials, public safety, health, connected cars

and smart transporta on, secure ci es etc.

Our unique selling point

Innovator, strong R&D, global presence in

professional media, daily work with cellular (and

any IP connec vity including WiFi and satellite) and

video.

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MARTEL INNOVATE

Year established 1996

Number of employees 16

Website www.martel-innovate.com

Contact email info@martel-innovate.com

Expertise in 5G

Martel is an innova ve and dynamic SME specialized

in the management, innova on and promo on of

interna onal Research and Innova on projects with

focus on Next Genera on Internet technologies,

such as 5G, IoT and Cloud. It has been involved in

the 5G PPP ini a ve since its incep on, with the

Euro-5G and now To-Euro-5G projects and it’s an

ac ve member of the 5GIA, Networld2020, FIWARE

Founda on, BDV, AIOTI, IoT Forum, and NEM.

Martel Lab, the R&D department, is specialised in

virtualisa on and orchestra on of virtual resources,

including IoT func ons and Virtual Network

Func ons.

Expertise in vertical sectors

MARTEL is currently ac ve in Manufacturing, Smart

Ci es and Media ver cals. MARTEL is leading the

development of Orchestra Ci es: a collabora ve

smart city pla orm through which ci es and ci zens

can share: data, sensors, standards and solu ons.

MARTEL, as member of the FIWARE Founda on,

is developing a Zero Break-downs/Defect

Manufacturing solu on, based on the fi rst open

source implementa on of the Industrial Data Space

Architecture (IDS). Finally, MARTEL is involved in the

development of an integrated so ware pla orm

that provides a leap forward for media delivery over

a 5G-enabled programmable infrastructure.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Martel’s team has more than 20 years of experience

in R&D&I EC funded projects, with strong

connec ons with many key European and Global

(USA, China, Mexico, Brazil) ICT players. Martel Lab,

the R&D department, is specialized in cloud na ve

architectures, spanning from cloud compu ng

infrastructures based on Open Source solu ons such

as OpenStack and Kubernetes, to cloud compu ng

as an enabler in the development of highly available,

scalable and resilient services for Big Data, Media,

Internet of Things, Virtual Network Func ons and

Smart Ci es.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

We are par cularly interested in bringing addi onal

innova ons and integra ng novel technologies to our

products in the ver cals of Smart City and Industry

4.0. In par cular, we are happy to explore behaviour

of our pla orms when combined with 5G networks,

and to explore the deployments of both pla orms

on top of innova ve 5G infrastructures. Our interest

is in general on the convergence between IoT

management solu ons and 5G and usage of micro-

services architectures in the context of 5G. We are

able as well to bring poten al usage scenarios in

the context of automo ve/transport (based on

fl eet management), smart ci es (including 2 ci es,

diff erent scenarios are possible) and industry 4.0

(manufacturing and logis c).

Our unique selling point

MARTEL off ers a comprehensive value driven

approach suppor ng all innova on life cycle stages

from ideas defi ni on, funding, management,

prototyping and development, communica on to

launch to market. Our interna onal team of highly

skilled professionals off er a unique combina on

of business, technology and media services

competences.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

MOLTOSENSO

Year established 2009

Number of employees 7

Website www.moltosenso.com

Contact email info@moltosenso.com

Expertise in 5G

moltosenso has developed a unique versa le

hardware/so ware pla orm, for fast and cost

eff ec ve deployment of networked Smart Things.

moltosenso Plug&Play patented architecture has

already been awarded through a European SME

Instrument Phase 1 grant, recognized as one of the

most promising ICT disrup ve innova on in the

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and Internet of

Things (IoT) landscapes.

As ICT integrator, moltosenso owns exper se

regarding IoT system design into complex and

heterogeneous transmission environments (protocol

stack and medium choice, data rate, allowed latency,

system costs, energy consump on, data security,

etc.).

Owning its DPO (Data Protec on Offi cer) team

and its own privacy experts, moltosenso develops

services and systems compliant to privacy issues by

design and by default, suppor ng partners of any

kind and consor ums to adhere to GDPR. 5G will

have to deal soon with requirements of millions of

IoT devices, privacy included, making moltosenso’s

compelling exper se essen al.

Expertise in vertical sectors

moltosenso has developed IoT systems, services and

exper se in the following ver cal sectors:

• health-care (an innova ve diaper monitoring

solu on, called DiapSense);

• waste management (smart bins collec on,

trucks route op miza on, bins posi oning

best planning, opportunis c bins inter-

networking through passing-by of trucks);

• industrial processes monitoring (real  me

transmission in harsh environment);

• structural monitoring (Holy Shroud Chapel

vibra on con nuos monitoring and real

 me data transmission).

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

moltosenso has a long experience in R&D projects,

since FP6, throughout H2020 and Regional/Na onal

projects. moltosenso allocates high percentage of its

yearly revenue to new investments on R&D ac vi es,

that span from new architectural ICT solu ons, to

novel algorithms and services.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

moltosenso, as both system integrator and data

analysis service provider, aims at expanding the

profi le and usage of its solu ons worldwide, with

frui ul partnerships devoted to integra on and

innova on.

Our unique selling point

Systema c approach to solve problems regarding

monitoring, data analysis, op miza on and privacy

compliance, in challenging context, as 5G will be.

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MONTIMAGE

Year established 2004

Number of employees 12

Website www.mon mage.com

Contact email contact@mon mage.com

Expertise in 5G

Mon mage specialises in the development of

techniques and tools for security and performance

analysis and management of 4G/5G SDN/NFV-based

networks using real- me monitoring techniques. It

provides Security as a Service and So ware Defi ned

Security and Monitoring solu ons. Mon mage’s

exper se covers the detec on, preven on and

mi ga on of cyber-security incidents in both the

data and control planes. Is security management

solu on allows deploying and confi guring monitoring

agents to analyse network behaviour using DPI and

AI techniques.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Mon mage’s solu ons have been applied to

improve the resiliency and trustworthiness of

complex systems and adapted to diff erent domains,

including: automo ve/transport, manufacturing/

industry, health, telecommunica ons, cri cal

infrastructures... Its solu ons can be extended to

deal with proprietary protocols and analyse the

behaviour and business ac vi es of the diff erent

sectors.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Mon mage par cipates in many collabora ve

research projects that allow introducing innova ve

techniques into its products. For instance:

SISSDEN H2020 project where it analyses darknet

and honeypot network traffi c to detect low-intensity

a acks and evasion techniques.

SENDATE Cel cPlus project where it defi nes and

implements new techniques for managing the

security of SDN/NFV-based networks.

ANASTACIA H2020 project where it implements new

solu ons for IoT network security.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Mon mage is ac vely searching for new partnerships

and collabora ons (research and innova on, joint

ventures, etc.). It can bring its technical knowhow

and tools as well as its experience in the par cipa on

and management of projects in diff erent research

programs (H2020, ITEA3, Cel cPlus…).

Our unique selling point

Mon mage has deep knowledge of network

and applica on protocols and behaviour; and,

its products are completely build in-house. In

consequence, they are trustworthy, adaptable,

reliable, robust and can deal with high throughputs

and complex systems. Can rapidly provide proofs-of-

concepts adapted to specifi c needs.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

NEXTWORKS

Year established 2002

Number of employees 45

Website www.nextworks.it

Contact email info@nextworks.it

Expertise in 5G

Nextworks has a long-term experience in 5G control

and orchestra on technologies, built on top of a

solid know-how of ETSI NFV and MEC specifi ca ons

and architectures, and deep so ware hands-on

exper se with various NFV MANO tools (ETSI

OSM, OpenBaton, Open Source MANO, Tacker),

SDN controllers (OpenDaylight, ONOS), VIMs

(OpenStack), and MEC applica ons catalogue and

orchestrator. We have developed various solu ons

for SDN-based control and orchestra on of VNFs

and Network Services in 5G environments, both

proprietary and open-source. We also have strong

involvement in SDOs, par cularly ETSI NFV and

MEC where we have been suppor ng Specialist task

forces and organiza on of Plugtests.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Nextworks develops products in technology domains

that are closely related to four 5G ver cals: Media,

Energy, FoF and Smart Ci es.

The baseline product family is “Symphony”, a

modular Building Management System and digital

living pla orm which integrates home automa on,

security, mul media entertainment and

communica ons. Nextworks is currently evolving its

Symphony middleware from a “home” pla orm into

a more pla orm for Smart Ci es and Smart Factories,

deploying various virtualized func ons distributed at

the smart facility, at the edge and in the cloud.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Nextworks is par cipa ng in several H2020 projects

on 5G (5G-Crosshaul and SELFNET from 5G PPP Phase

1, 5G-Transformer, SLICENET, 5GCity, 5G-MEDIA

and BlueSpace from 5G PPP Phase 2), coupled with

ac vi es on 5G Ver cals industries like IoT and

Factory of the Future in the SYMBIOTE, MONROE

and COMPOSITION projects. Quite o en NXW

successfully covers roles of Technical Management,

WP and task leader for the ac vity items of specifi c

exper se.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Nextworks always aims to carry out its R&D ac vi es

in coopera on projects with key players (especially

operators, vendors and top industries in the targeted

Ver cals) from diff erent countries. Our objec ve

is to build a stronger and be er-focused technical

know-how, adequately complemented by a business

perspec ve.

Our unique selling point

Our mission is to provide cu ng-edge solu ons fully

tailored to our customers’ needs. Our current focus

is on 5G, Network Func on Virtualiza on, Internet

of Things, Factories of the Future.

Our best R&D success stories. Our background

on 5G, NFV, MEC allowed us to sell Technical

Project Management services to Open Fiber and

lead the Project Management Offi ce of the 5G

experimenta on in Prato (Italy). We won contracts

with ETSI to lead two Specialist Task Forces, one for

NFV Gap Analysis with OpenStack APIs, the other for

MEC Tes ng Framework development. We also won

contracts for the execu on and repor ng of the 2nd

and 3rd NFV Plugtest at ETSI Headquarters.

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Our background on 5G, NFV, MEC

allowed us to sell Technical Project

Management services to Open Fiber

and lead the Project Management

Offi ce of the 5G experimenta on

in Prato (Italy). We won contracts

with ETSI to lead two Specialist Task

Forces, one for NFV Gap Analysis with

OpenStack APIs, the other for MEC

Tes ng Framework development. We

also won contracts for the execu on

and repor ng of the 2nd and 3rd NFV

Plugtest at ETSI Headquarters.

SUCCESS STORIES

Mon mage has successfully deployed

its solu on in the So Fire pla orm

(So ware Defi ned Networks and

Network Func on Virtualiza on

Testbed within FIRE+, www.so fi re.

eu) to improve the security-awareness

of the operators. It has also started a

joint collabora on with Cumucore to

commercialise 4G/5G mobile solu ons

in a box.

MONTIMAGE

NEXTWORKS

Design and Development of Remote

Server Monitoring System with IoT

gateway

NOUVEAUCOMM

OpenAirInterface is now quite

successful with memebers such as

Nokia, Cisco, Orange, Facebook, TCL

… and Open Cells is proud of coun ng

most of them as customers for our

services and products.

OPEN CELLS

At its second year, Power Opera ons

made it to the fi nal quartet in the

EC Innova on Radar Prize 2017, in

the category of Industrial & Enabling

Tech, clearly placing Power Opera ons

among the four most prominent

companies in Europe for 2017 in this

category.

POWER-OPS

moltosenso Plug&Play patented

IoT architecture has been awarded

with an European SME Instrument

Phase 1 grant, recognized as one of

the most promising ICT disrup ve

innova on in the Wireless Sensor

Network and Internet of Things

landscapes.

MOLTOSENSO

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

NOUVEAUCOMM

Year established 2014

Number of employees 6

Website www.nouveaucomm.com

Contact email navnit.goel@nouveaucomm.com

Expertise in 5G

We help companies to strategize ahead, in this era

of unprecedented fast changes in technology and

evolving customer requirements. We help you by

providing business analysis and follow through with

implementa on. Our capabili es include End to End

Project life cycle and delivery System Architecture,

So ware Development and Test Services.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Our modular architecture ensures that our systems

can be customized for applica on in various ver cals

like Manufacturing Industry, Telecom Services

providers, Healthcare, Smart Ci es, public safety

and tac cal communica on.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Our team members having worked with MNCs like

Alcatel-Lucent and Bell labs have experience of

designing globally deployed 3G and 4G systems. We

provide innova ve products and solu ons in wireless

& fi xed line access, IP and cloud networking, NFV

and So ware Defi ned Networks.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

We help customers to defi ne 3-5 years roadmap, End

to End System Architecture, So ware Development

and hardware design for manufacturability, System

Integra on and Valida on, Func onal, performance,

Load & Stress Test, Regulatory Compliance

Cer fi ca on, Radio & Protocol conformance and

Test automa on.

Our unique selling point

Our Modular design approach with roadmap for

future enhancements and cost eff ec ve solu ons.

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OPEN-CELLS

Year established 2016

Number of employees 1

Website www.open-cells.com

Contact email contact@open-cells.com

Expertise in 5G

We developed 4G SDR, as a member of

OpenAirInterface.

We created the idea of the OpenAirInterface Alliance

as a 5G enabler.

Our product is today mainly 4G SDR, nevertheless

the OAI community contributes and many 5G pieces

are available now.

Our OAI distribu on off ers more stability and

propose a set of features to enable our customers to

make their own features.

Expertise in vertical sectors

We expect ver cal sectors as our main customers, as

this market need a 4G and 5G opera on network for

their testbeds.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

We developed the performance cri cal pieces of

code in OpenAir: turbo codec. Compared to the

legacy OAI implementa on (that was already using

SIMD instruc ons) we improved the performance by

more than x10 on this cri cal component. So, now

OAI eNB and UE can run on a decent PC in real me.

Another of our major contribu on to OAI is a

complete rafactory of the binary produc on system,

based now on cmake tool.

The company owner has been a researcher and

a research director in Bell Labs. His contribu ons

are in cellular network op miza on and in eUICC

(embedded SIM).

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

We are eager to par cipate to any project that

require a 4G/5G network.

We can provide the cellular network and the project

specifi c features inside.

Our unique selling point

Exis ng asset: whole 3GPP SDR system: HSS P+S-GW,

MME, eNB, UE, SIM cards, ...

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in the 5G Domain

POWER-OPS

Year established 2015

Number of employees 7

Website www.power-ops.com

Contact email artemis@power-ops.com

Expertise in 5G

Power Opera ons is an innova ve startup delivering

specialized IT services for the energy sector under

energy effi ciency and security contexts and has a long

experience in relevant R&D projects and ini a ves.

In such framework, Power Opera ons exhibit

signifi cant exper se in cloud-based architectures

and pla orms used under the 5G/SDN umbrella

including various cloud management frameworks

(e.g. Openstack, Kubernetes), ETSI NFV tools (ETSI

OSM, Openstack Tacker) and is currently designing

MEC-oriented VNFs to be used in the energy sector,

in the context of the 5G PPP Phase 2 project NRG-5.

Expertise in vertical sectors

The members of Power Opera ons have a long-

las ng experience in the development of products

targe ng at the energy sector, par cularly targe ng

at energy effi ciency strategies in the context of smart

ci es, focusing on both industries and end-users.

The result of this exper se has been materialized

in the form of the PowerOps Pla orm, a business

framework allowing U li es to use a domain specifi c

big data stack tailored for business intelligence on

smart energy grids. During the past year, Power

Opera ons has been evolving its pla orm to support

Blockchains technology, in an a empt to unlock the

poten al of a lock-in free environment for end-users

and u li es.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Power Opera ons ac vely par cipate in 3 EC

R&D and Innova on projects pertaining to the

applica on of the Blockchains technology on the

energy domain, including 5G PPP Phase 3 project

NRG-5, H2020 DEFENDER and H2020 CATALYST.

Besides these projects, the members of Power

Opera ons have a long experience in R&D projects

in previous framework programmes as well as PPP

programmes (e.g. FI-PPP). It should be noted that

Power Opera ons was ini ally founded to exploit

the developments of its mother company (Synelixis

Solu ons Ltd) from the FP7 DOLFIN and the FI-PPP

FINSENY and FI-PPP FINESCE projects.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Power Opera ons considers coopera on in R&D

and Innova on ac vi es as a perfect vehicle for

further extending its technology and expanding the

horizon of its members. Defi nitely specialized on

delivering Blockchain solu ons for the energy sector,

relevant coopera on and coordina on ac vi es are

rigorously pursued, as are ac vi es that fall close in

this context.

Our unique selling point

We have the knowledge, the exper se and the way

to make the energy sector a more secure and more

resilient and more open to new technologies and

opportuni es.

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QUOBIS NETWORKS SL

Year established 2006

Number of employees 38

Website www.quobis.com

Contact email yudani.riobo@quobis.com

Expertise in 5G

Quobis has strong exper se on UC solu ons

based on SIP and WebRTC technologies like

tes ng and development of real  me media-

specifi c applica ons, development of mul -tenant

applica on environments which can be connected

to lower levels of 5G architecture, developments

of applica ons of Cor cal Learning Algorithms to

communica on networks and Smart Grid networks.

Quobis is currently taking part of one of the 5G-PPP

phase 2 projects: 5G TANGO.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Quobis can provide exper se in business processes

communica ons (like mul -conferencing, image and

video sharing, data collec on, emergencies support,

push no fi ca ons, easy adop on by elderly people,

call recording, video streaming, etc) for several

ver cal sectors like media and entertainment,

automo ve, smart ci es or health.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Quobis has been involved in na onal and interna onal

R&D projects related to voice and mul media

technologies like RIC@S, AV2VISES, ICARUS (FP7-

SEC-2011-1), EMC2 (ARTEMIS-2013-1), reTHINK

(H2020-ICT5-2014), 5GTANGO (H2020-ICT-2016-2),

LEAN (CELTIC-2017), MUSIC (PENTA-2-2017), etc. In

addi on, some tasks were also carried out in several

regional or na onal R&D projects regarding voice

interconnec on, security and new services over

NGN networks like MEET, Sat2Car, 5iGO, etc.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Quobis has broad experience working on

interna onal projects funded and not funded by

public agencies as is a key partner for some of the

larger network integrators and service providers

that see Quobis as the reference partner for projects

with special needs in UC. We are interested in

collabora ng in ICT related H2020 calls providing our

R&D capabili es in coopera on with interna onal

partners.

Our unique selling point

Since its founda on, Quobis has accumulated

extensive experience in the implementa on and

deployment of solu ons based on core technologies

for corpora ons, service providers and telcos.

Quobis has gained extensive knowledge of mobile

networks, interconnec on and WebRTC technology

from partnerships with the primary equipment

vendors, where it deployed end-to-end solu ons,

for both transport and access networks.

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in the 5G Domain

REAL-WIRELESS

Year established 2007

Number of employees 15 + 30 Associates

Website www.real-wireless.com

Contact email simon.fl etcher@real-wireless.com

Expertise in 5G

Real Wireless has been at the forefront of Research

and Innova on in 5G. We a focus on the development

of techno-economic capabili es, infrastructure

investment viability, business model innova on and

Innova on Management. and Real Wireless has

par cipated in 5G-NORMA in 5G-PPP Phase1 and

now in leading Economic Analysis in 5G-MoNArch.

We have an extensive por olio of analy c tools

based on proprietary modelling and simula on

capabili es that provides deep insight to our clients

when combined with the market leading exper se

of our advisors and consultants.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Ever since the crea on of Real Wireless we have

been prac cing in the venues and enterprise wireless

users segment. Our long standing experience gained

through working with one of key clients (Wembley

Stadium) has enabled us to develop a business

that not only provides strategic wireless advise

to venues but also transport systems. We have

advised private and government clients on their

investment strategies to develop their services

and through mechanisms such as slicing how their

service provider or tenant (virtual network operator)

models can evolve.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

We have developed a highly capable tool (CAPisce)

through the 5G-NORMA and 5G-MoNArch projects.

This has required the development of complex traffi c

demand simula on capability, which s mulate the

crea on of a synthesised network build for complex

techno-economic scenario evalua on.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

We are seeking to extend our business in the

European market and beyond. We bring a

strong techno-economic and business modelling

exper se to projects and have established a strong

collabora ve and consulta ve model that enables

us to rapid deploy, employing agile methods

and scenario analysis that enables project to

consolidate and establish proof points for the value

of innova ons.

Our unique selling point

Deep prac  oner experience through consul ng

prac ces in the ver cals as well as in the wireless

industry and emergent technologies. A unique

combina on of deep knowledge enhanced by

proprietary AI oriented tooling.

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RFSAT

Year established 2011 (UK) and 2018 (Ireland)

Number of employees 10

Website www.rfsat.com

Contact email general@rfsat.com

Expertise in 5G

RFSAT and its employees have been in the forefront

of mobile communica ons technology development

since over 20 years, star ng with the fi rst 3G

basesta on built in FP5 project back in 1999. Since

then it has contributed to developing successor

technologies cons tu ng current 4G (LTE and

LTE+) and has been involved in developing core

technologies as well as value-added services for

the future 5G communica ons. Its main relevant

technical competencies relate to hardware effi cient

transceiver design and implementa on, network

virtualisa on, low-latency networking, network/

client-assisted posi oning/localisa on and security-

sensi ve services.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Since over 8 years RFSAT has been focussing its

research and technological developments on

such ver cal sectors as communica on, e-Health,

environment, transporta on, smart ci es, smart

energy and u lity grids and public safety including

crisis management. Services are generally focussed

on distributed sensing and control (involving

sparse Big Data management and IoT technologies)

over variety of communica on and networking

transports for providing added value to mobile

users and geographically dispersed enterprises.

With its real- me technologies RFSAT has targeted

also media virtualisa on, such as Mixed-Reality

Immersion, demonstrated for real-life e Health and

crisis management applica ons.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

RFSAT considers research consultancy and

development as core business, ac vely taking part

in European and interna onal funded research

projects since its incorpora on. It has par cipated

in over six (6) projects as core partner and over ten

(10) as associated and/or as SME group member.

Funding programs include FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020

and COST Ac ons. It has been opera ng several

industrial consultancy contracts for both academia

and industries in UK and across Europe.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

RSFAT is dedicated to extending its collabora on

por olio and establishing working rela onships both

through funded research & development ac vi es

(e.g. Horizon 2020 or other programs) and industrial

consultancy, as well as non-funded research liaisons.

We also see an opportunity for possible commercial

exploita on of some of our technologies that have

been developed in past and ongoing projects, both

funded and self-funded.

Our unique selling point

RSFAT is a fl exible SME with exper se and

capabili es in a variety of technologies cons tu ng

future communica ons with experience in diff erent

ver cal sectors gained from past and ongoing

European funded projects. Its technologies are

diverse and seamlessly applicable across mul ple

sectors. Examples include sensing & control as well

as Mixed-Reality technologies used successfully

in e-Health, Smart Grids and Security applica ons,

certainly with certain adapta ons. RSFAT has proven

itself to quickly respond to dynamically changing

user needs and has always been in the forefront of

the technological progress on the global market.

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in the 5G Domain

Mixed-Reality rehabilita on system

for stroke pa ents (FP7-StrokeBack)

integrated into mobile product from

MAYTEC. More details in:

www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319212920

Autonomous 3D surveillance, modelling

and analysis of large areas with real-

 me streaming for crisis management

applica on and integrated into C4I

using swarms of autonomous aerial

systems (FP7-AF3 project). More info at:

h p://www.rfsat.com/index.php/en/

results/technologies/uav-wildfi res.html

SUCCESS STORIES

Within H2020 5G-NORMA the

leadership and delivery of a

comprehensive techno-economic

assessment of the architecture

innova ons that will impact the

development of the industry for the

coming 10 to 15years.

REAL-WIRELESS

RFSAT

Sencep on has been awarded with the

“Na onal Award for Digital Technology

2017/2018”, EBA and is compe ng to

become the European champion in the

same category.

SENCEPTION

Connect the Unconnected - A program

in Cleveland, U.S., that supports

140 households by bringing them

online, providing devices for each

household, and providing digital

literacy and job training. This program

extends the fi ber-op c network that

connects Cleveland’s hospitals using a

millimeter-wave transmission system

from Siklu. This ini a ve brings

gigabyte-per-second connec ons to

the city’s public housing.

SIKLU

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SENCEPTION

Expertise in 5G

Sencep on specializes in the development of

network contextualiza on solu ons and services for

wireless and cellular networks. Our so ware-based

solu ons assist communica on and interac on via

the analysis of aspects such as proximity, similarity,

availability, or device’s centrality.

Our exper se in 5G is focused on cogni ve resource

control and adapta on (context driven) as well as on

op mized forwarding and rou ng.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Sencep on’s context-driven communica on core

engine PerSense (TM) is being applied in the ver cal

markets of Smart Ci es, e-Health, Public Safety

Communica on.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Born as a spin-off of a portuguese research lab,

Sencep on’s team has a wide experience in industrial

innova on and research and development.

Sencep on has been awarded with the “Na onal

Award for Digital Technology 2017/2018”, EBA and

is compe ng to become the European champion in

the same category.

The latest R&D project developed by Sencep on was

H2020 UMOBILE project, where Sencep on lead the

Quality of Service work package, and where the use

of contextualiza on to improve delivery of messages

in emergency scenarios has been developed by

Sencep on.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

We are interested in interna onal coopera ons

in the context of H2020 in ICT-related fi elds, for

instance, networking research for 5G and beyond;

IoT. We are also interested in developing industrial

coopera ons where our PerSense communica on

and interac on core engine can be further applied.

Our unique selling point

Having been founded as a spin-off of a portuguese

research lab, Sencep on integrates the following

proposi on values, essen al to its market success:

technological innova on; user-friendliness; ubiquity;

low cost.

We are interested in exploring our products in the

context of R&D and therefore work by providing

open versions/light versions to our partners, or

within specifi c consor ums.

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in the 5G Domain

SEVEN SOLUTIONS

Year established 2006

Number of employees 30

Website www.sevensols.com

Contact email jlgu errez@sevensols.com

Expertise in 5G

Seven Solu ons provides devices and technologies

capable of distribu ng  me and frequency over

metro and long-haul 5G links in both back-haul and

front-haul:

- Ultra-accurate Time and Frequency Transfer

(phase transfer using IEEE 1588 High-Accuracy

Profi le)

- Reliable GNSS Timing and Posi oning

Technologies (backup system)

- High bandwidth & low latency Ethernet

communica ons

- Determinis c data delivery based for Time-

Aware Applica ons

In this framework, Seven Solu ons develops custom

electronic designs, such as PCB boards (carriers,

FMCs, XMCs, ...),  me and RF distribu on equipment,

DSPs & SoC so ware and FPGA gateware.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Our exper se on Timing based on IEEE 1588 (PTP)

High Accuracy profi le (HA or the pre-standard

White-Rabbit) covers the following ver cal sectors:

Financial (FinTech), Cri cal Infrastructures, Energy,

Smart City, Automo ve and Factories of Future.

We have also exper se on adap ng the  ming for

Posi oning based on ground antennas.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Seven Solu ons has long exper se in R&D

projects for more than 10 years in interna onal

funding programs (FP6, FP7, ARTEMIS, ECSEL …) in

several domains. RECOMP and EMC2, focused on

safety-cri cal applica ons/services for avionics,

automo ve, industry and IoT. CLONETS, focusing

on next genera on needs for  me and frequency

transfer over op cal fi bres for cloud compu ng

and IoT. FitOp Vis, focusing on developing and

integra ng smart solu ons for cyber-physical

systems (architecture, high-performance and smart

devices). SINCRONET, developing ultra-accurate and

reliable synchroniza on  ming devices for electrical

infrastructures and 5G.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

We are interested in collabora ng in ICT-related

H2020 calls related to telecom, satellite services,

5G, IoT, smart ci es and energy. Coopera on with

interna onal partners from diff erent sectors to

setup pilots and PoCs.

Our unique selling point

Seven Solu ons, worldwide leaders in the White

Rabbit (IEEE 1588 high-accuracy profi le)  ming

technology. It is a private held leading company

in accurate sub-nanosecond  me transfer and

frequency distribu on for reliable industrial and

scien fi c applica ons. Our  ming products have

been validated during the last 7 years and we off er

currently the best interoperable, dependable and

ultra-accurate  me transfer approach in the market

(nanosecond accuracy, determinis c, dependable

and scalable).

We are partners in 5G PPP IA and we also belong to

the Xilinx Alliance Program for the development and

deployment of new FPGA products.

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SIKLU

Year established 2008

Number of employees 75

Website www.siklu.com

Contact email yigal@siklu.com

Expertise in 5G

Siklu is a provider of wireless connec vity solu ons

based on mmwave technology. Siklu’s product

include both point-to-point link solu ons with data

rates as high as 10Gbps for backhaul/fronthaul

applica ons and point-to-mul -point solu ons that

may be used for broadband fi xed access applica ons

or small-cell backhaul applica ons. Siklu has building

blocks such as self designed RFIC and self designed

mmwave beam-steering antenna that can be used

to design mmwave remote radio heads compa ble

with 5G standardiza on.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Siklu is currently ac ve in several market segments

that require high reliability, low cost, Gigabit

throughput wireless solu ons. These markets

include cellular backhaul (were Siklu typically

provides P2P mmwave links with throughput up

to 10Gbps), business connec vity (served mostly

by P2P mmwave technology), fi ber-to-the-home

fi ber extension (where Siklu provides P2MP access

equipment as well as rollout design support) and

smart/safe city connec vity (served mostly by P2MP

mmwave technology).

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Although Siklu is a systems company, it has extensive

design capabili es. Siklu has designed by itself most

of the building blocks of its products. This includes

design of antennas (both passive and ac ve beam-

steering antennas), mmwave RFIC (at 60GHz,

70GHz and 80GHz), mmwave radio boards, Gigabit

throughput modem chip, layer-2 networking SW

stack, wireless network planning tools based on GIS

databases and also the full wireless product both in

point-to-point and point-to-mul point topologies.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Siklu has been intensively involved in R&D and

innova on coopera on projects. It has par cipated

in FP-7 projects BunGee and IPHOBAC-NG, as well

as in H2020 projects RAPID and 5G-PHOS. Siklu is

also involved with other research consor a and

collaborates on research with partners from both

industry and academy. Siklu coopera on interests

include mmwave radio and antenna technology,

high-speed modem technology, mmwave beam-

steering antennas, 5G RRH, mmwave/fi ber

integra on and any other ideas that my be exploited

in its target markets.

Our unique selling point

Siklu is a small company with a very broad span

of interests and capabili es, enabling it to pursue

innova on and execute it quickly and effi ciently to

convert it from an idea to a selling product.

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in the 5G Domain

SPECTRUM INSIGHT LTD

Year established 2009

Number of employees 2

Website www.spectrum-insight.com

Contact email keith@spectrum-insight.com

Expertise in 5G

Par cipa on in 5G forums on behalf of a satellite

company and providing consultancy on systems

aspects.

Familiarity with 3GPP standards up to and including

Release 15.

In conjunc on with Tamum Consul ng SARL (www.

tamum.com): A endance at 3GPP mee ngs and

Training courses (Masters Degree level) in 5G/ IoT.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Satellite communica ons including solu ons which

feature a terrestrial ground component.

IoT standards including NB-IoT and LTE-M for

applica on in a wide range of industries.

Smart Home/ Connected Home including Smart

metering.

Public safety related enhancements to LTE.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Spectrum Insight and Tamum staff have extensive

R&D experience in GSM, UMTS, and LTE technology

and standards development.

Over 20 granted US patents, mainly in the fi eld of

wireless access technology.

Over 25 years of experience in spectrum aspects and

standards covering the Radio Access Network and

Core Network from the early days of GSM up to the

present day.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Working with partners to assist working with, or

developing, 3GPP standards and product based on

these standards.

Of par cular interest are:

1. Solu ons to enhance coverage, including non-

terrestrial technologies: reduce economic

barriers to providing coverage and improve

reliability of coverage.

2. Smart Ci es - including energy and transporta on

sectors (road, rail, air, etc,).

Our unique selling point

A combina on of standards and R&D experience

provides partners a resource which off ers both

breadth and depth of exper se in wireless

technology from GSM to 3GPP Release 15.

Companies registered in France (SARL) and UK (LTD).

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SUITE5 DATA INTELLIGENCE

SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Year established 2017

Number of employees 12

Website www.suite5.eu

Contact email contact@suite5.eu

Expertise in 5G

Suite5 Data Intelligence Solu ons works in the 5G

domain (MATILDA project, G.A. No. 761898) in the

area of execu on policy models for applica ons

that run on top of SDNs, and in the area of Analy cs

that are able to the behaviour of systems in 5G

ecosystems. Those two combined are in a posi on

assist decision making towards network placement,

deployment and reconfi gura on and could help to

generate new insights about 5G applica ons and

new policies for op mum u lisa on of resources.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Suite5 has worked in various ver cals, with specifi c

focus in Manufacturing, Energy and public safety.

In all those ver cals, Suite5 works with analy cs

solu ons that are able to provide descrip ve

and prescrip ve analy cs, which are based both

on structured and unstructured data and are

coming out of hardware and so ware sensors. The

company’s solu on “Suite5 Enterprise Analy cs

Engine” is the core driver in these approaches. In

the manufacturing ver cals, sensor data are based

on machines’ outputs, while in the Public Safety

domain emphasis is on wearable sensors and other

human generated data, and in the Energy sector on

Smart Home sensors.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Suite5 is ac ve in various R&D and Innova on

projects, aiming to match innova ons coming out

of research ac vi es to exis ng company off erings,

towards a aching added value to its products and

services and commercializing research outputs. In

more detail, Suite5 par cipates in such ac vi es as

a data analy cs and intelligence provider, working

on machine learning, big data, data management

and data sharing, and insights genera on, in various

ver cals. The company par cipates in such a empts

in the 5G sector, as well as in other sectors such as

Manufacturing, Energy, Avia on and Cybersecurity.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Suite5 is highly interested in joint ventures which

have R&D and Innova on interest in any ver cal

which either works with data insights, or else

expect to be benefi ted from the applica on of data

technologies on them, bringing data intelligence and

so warisa on features to both tradi onal as well as

cu ng edge sectors.

Our unique selling point

Off ering a scalable and expandable pla orm, tailor-

made to customer business intelligence needs.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

SYNELIXIS SOLUTIONS S.A.

Year established 2007

Number of employees 31

Website www.synelixis.com

Contact email info@synelixis.com

Expertise in 5G

Synelixis is consor um member of the SONATA

and 5G TANGO projects in 5G PPP Phase 1 and

2, respec vely. In these projects, Synelixis is

responsible for developing and integra ng a

monitoring framework that fulfi lls the requirements

to accommodate 5G network services under the

SDN/NFV paradigm. The implemented monitoring

framework defi nes an open-source, non-intrusive,

fl exible and modular mechanism able to follow

rapidly changing Network Func ons and Services

and produce real- me and event-driven alerts at

diff erent customizable aggrega on levels/rules.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Synelixis is seeking for opportuni es to promote the

company’s service por olio via the 5G ecosystem,

including agriculture, smart city and media

streaming:

- SynField is Synelixis’ hardware/embedded

so ware/cloud/mobile app off ering for a rich

fl avor of agriculture and water management

services, such as crop disease predic on, smart

irriga on and well/water tanks monitoring and

control, tailored to diff erent crop, terrain and soil

characteris cs and micro-clima c condi ons.

- Cache-It! is Synelixis’ VNF caching solu on, which

contributes to the 3GPP Dynamic Adap ve HTTP

Streaming (DASH) technology for the delivery of

premium 5G media streaming services. Cache-It!

empowers telecom operators with an innova ve

distributed caching system to leverage the latest

advances in global business collabora on and

meet growing market demands.

- SyMon is Synelixis’ novel monitoring framework

that sa sfi es the most demanding requirements

related to SDN/NFV-based service deployment

in public, private or hybrid cloud environments.

Compliant with interna onal standards, e.g.

ETSI NFV MANO, SyMon provides real- me

data collec on and alert no fi ca ons based

on preselected or user-defi ned metrics for

monitoring the service performance during its

whole lifecycle.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

Synelixis is a high-tech SME that provides complete

networking, security and control and automa on

solu ons. Synelixis technology superiority is a

result of extensive R&D ac vi es in the areas of

Virtualiza on and Cloud Compu ng, HPC, IoT,

blockchains and inter-ledger technologies, Machine

Learning and Cyber Security. Synelixis has par cipated

and (technically) coordinated a signifi cant number

of mul -na onal projects and established long

living co-opera ons with well renowned companies

in EU and USA. Synelixis is member of NEM, NESSI,

FIWARE, AIOTI and ETP4HPC technology pla orms

as well as the European 5G-PPP.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

We are par cularly interested in crea ng addi onal

innova on and integra ng novel technologies to

our products in the areas of Cri cal Infrastructure

Communica ons (i.e. Energy, Water and eHealth),

Precision Agriculture and Smart City. We are looking

forward to expanding and integra ng our products

with 5G networks and exploring the benefi ts of 5G

network service fl exibility. We are also able to bring

poten al use case scenarios and end users in the

areas of smart farming and cri cal communica ons,

including links with hospitals/clinics and water

management en  es.

Our unique selling point

With more than 120 installa ons of our SynField

solu on in 7 countries, Synelixis is an HPE Technology

Ready Partner for Smart Irriga on off erings

worldwide. Combining our knowhow, capacity and

exper se to design and develop professional,  me-

cri cal solu ons in cross-ver cal scenarios (i.e.

energy, water management, smart irriga on, food

traceability, assisted living, health), we are able to

contribute in bringing 5G SDN/VNF technology from

lab to the market.

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TREELOGIC

Year established 1996

Number of employees 140

Website www.treelogic.com

Contact email info@treelogic.com

Expertise in 5G

Treelogic helps op mizing processes and business

opera ons in several sectors using advanced ICT

solu ons focused on Ar fi cial Intelligence & Big

Data, integra ng emerging technologies as part

of the Smart Data ecosystem. In par cular in 5G,

TREELOGIC is ac ve in accompanying industrial

partners such as telecommunica on operators in

their digital transforma on, contribu ng with our

knowledge in advanced AI and Big Data technologies.

Framework In addi on to that, Ar fi cial Intelligence-

based solu ons for cybersecurity in the 5G telco

infrastructure are also off ered by the company.

Expertise in vertical sectors

TREELOGIC operates in several ver cal sectors,

such as Telecommunica ons, Health, Transport,

Finance, Insurance, Industry, Public Safety, Security,

or Astrophysics, to name a few. We accompany

industrial partners such as telecommunica on

operators, fi nancial en  es and insurance companies

in their digital transforma on, contribu ng with

our knowledge in advanced technologies such as

Big Data, Data Science and Computer Vision; we

collaborate with experts from various clinical areas in

healthcare research to apply the latest technologies

(more than 175 hospitals and health centres work

with our solu ons); we develop smart transport

systems, staff and vehicle tracking and technologies

related to mobility and security.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

TREELOGIC ac vely par cipate in the defi ni on

and development of interna onal R&D projects.

Involved in more than 20 European projects, we

perform strongly in terms of par cipa on and

leadership in the European R&D programme Horizon

2020. Our R&D ac vity provides us with knowledge

and diff eren al capabili es, based on advanced

technologies with great future poten al and aligned

with world priori es in ma ers of innova on,

allowing us to develop compe  ve advantages.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

TREELOGIC is very ac ve in coopera ve R&D

ini a ves, both publicly and privately funded. In

example, we are very ac ve in EU-funded R&D

projects, especially under Horizon 2020 programme

in diff erent areas. We are open and interested to

collabora on in R&D wherever our exper se can

add value. Our core ac vity is in the area of Ar fi cial

Intelligence and Big Data, so we are interested to

collaborate with partners and ini a ves demanding

these competencies.

Our unique selling point

Treelogic helps op mizing processes and business

opera ons in several sectors using advanced ICT

solu ons focused on Ar fi cial Intelligence & Big

Data, integra ng emerging technologies as part of

the Smart Data ecosystem.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

TST-SISTEMAS

Year established 2007

Number of employees 20

Website www.tst-sistemas.es

Contact email amedela@tst-sistemas.es

asanz@tst-sistemas.es

Expertise in 5G

TST par cipated in the Flex5Gware project (h p://

www.fl ex5gware.eu/),focused on fl exible and

effi cient HW and SW pla orms for 5G network

elements and devices, addressing increased

capacity, reduced energy footprint, as well as

scalability, modularity and reconfi gurability.

Research was demonstrated on proof-of-concept

implementa ons. TST par cipated on a PoC for

tes ng the reconfi gura on of the radio behaviour

according to diff erent op miza on criteria, allowing

for instance mul -cell dynamic resource alloca ons

and switching across diff erent radio access

technologies according to the link quality.

Expertise in vertical sectors

TST provides IoT custom solu ons on the smart

ci es, manufacturing/industry and precision farming

domains. Among the projects carried out in this Smart

City context, it’s worth highligh ng environmental

sensing, and ultrasonic sensors for urban waste

management. Related to industry domain, TST off er

smart solu ons to automate opera onal processes.

And we can men on our IoT crop sensing solu on

combined with weather sta on to control the water

supply, related to precision farming domain.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

TST has a broad experience in both na onal and

interna onal R&D projects, it has been involved in

14 EU-funded research projects related to IoT, smart

services and future networks (4 ICT-FP7, 2 ICT-CIP, 3

ICT-H2020, 3 ECSEL, 2 CELTIC). Its research ac vity

has been recognized by the Spanish Ministry of

Economy and Compe  veness, which awarded TST

the offi cial “Innova ve SME” seal.

Among the main skills and technical background

of TST appears the use of advanced technologies

to support the IoT concept: low-power hardware

design, security features, cloud integra on, and

wireless communica on technologies.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

TST looks forward to con nue working with other

poten al partners in R&D and innova on ac vi es,

off ering its experience in IoT hardware design and

development, smart sensing and system integra on.

Our unique selling point

TST is an experienced IoT solu ons provider, coun ng

on produc on, tes ng and valida on facili es

(including anechoic chamber for antenna design),

and able to op mize manufacturing processes

to off er very compe  ve prices. TST products

are always based on cu ng-edge technologies

supported by the strong involvement on innova on

ac vi es.

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UBITECH

Year established 2005

Number of employees 25

Website www.ubitech.eu

Contact email azafeiropoulos@ubitech.eu

Expertise in 5G

UBITECH is ac ve in a series of 5G PPP projects,

focusing mainly on the design and development

of so ware development kits and intelligent

orchestra on mechanisms for network applica ons

and services. UBITECH is the technical coordinator

of the MATILDA H2020 5G PPP project targe ng

at the provision of a novel holis c framework for

enabling ver cal industries to take advantage of a

5G ecosystem. Applica on and network services

orchestra on mechanisms, taking into account the

separa on of concerns among ver cal applica on

orchestrators and NFV orchestrators, as well as

end to end slice instan a on and management

mechanisms are considered.

Expertise in vertical sectors

UBITECH has acquired exper se towards the design

and development of cloud-na ve applica ons and

network func ons that can be applicable to various

industry ver cals. Focus is given on security, voice

communica ons and energy aspects.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

UBITECH has intense R&D ac vi es with regards to

the design of intelligent orchestra on mechanisms

(e.g. rules-based policy management framework for

NFVOs as well as ver cal applica on orchestrators,

op misa on engine for op mal placement of

network applica ons and services, big data analy cs

techniques for network management and security),

the design and implementa on of OSS northbound

APIs towards ver cal applica on orchestrators as

well as the design and development of so ware

development and verifi ca on toolkits for 5G-ready

applica ons. Innova on poten al mainly stems

from the interconnec on of ver cal applica on

orchestrators with telecom operators’ network

management systems.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

UBITECH is highly interested in establishing R&D

and Innova on coopera ons in the framework

of research and development projects regarding

the evolu on of intelligent orchestra on and slice

management mechanisms, as well as collabora ons

with telecom operators and vendors towards the

design of OSS-oriented func ons and APIs, as well

as the development of virtual network func ons and

network services.

Our unique selling point

Inject intelligence in network services and

applica ons orchestra on, while in parallel

suppor ng separa on of concerns among

applica on/services and telecom infrastructure

providers.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

UBIWHERE

Year established 2007

Number of employees 50

Website www.ubiwhere.com

Contact email info@ubiwhere.com

Expertise in 5G

Since its founda on in 2007, Ubiwhere has been

focusing its research and commercial ac vi es in the

telecommunica ons sector. To ensure the roll-out of

5G in the coming years, Ubiwhere has been ac vely

par cipa ng in H2020 projects, developing new

products included in its commercial por olio while

strongly involved in standardiza on bodies and EU

ini a ves. With an exper se ranging from the LTE

core to MANO of 5G networks along with security

and monitoring implica ons, Ubiwhere can provide

valid inputs in all stages of a large 5G project, from

the ini al design to the exploita on of the results

and poten al standardiza on.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Ubiwhere is a reference in the Smart Ci es sector,

having already deployed diff erent ver cal solu ons

(smart parking, traffi c, waste management and air

quality monitoring) in America, Europe and South

Africa, through its Ci brain brand. Ubiwhere is also

bringing to the market neutral hos ng technology

allowing some of the envisioned 5G use cases to

surface. In this context, with Unicle, Ubiwhere is

developing CCAM (Coopera ve, Connected and

Automated Mobility) services, by working closely

with Automo ve Industry and Mobile Network

Operators to be er align this development,

accelera ng 5G adop on in the V2X domain and,

thus, fostering new valuable business opportuni es.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

So far, Ubiwhere has par cipated in diff erent H2020

projects such as EMBERS, symbIoTe, SmartSDK,

SynchroniCity, SHIELD and QPARK, including also the

5G PPP’s SONATA, SELFNET and 5GCity. Furthermore,

Ubiwhere has also par cipated in many H2020

projects Open Calls, using their research ac vi es to

develop innova ve commercial solu ons. Ubiwhere

is a Full Member of ETS and recently trusted

to develop the SDO’s MEC (Mul -access Edge

Compu ng) Tes ng Framework.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

Ubiwhere is always ac vely searching for

both R&I partnerships and commercial joint

ventures. The company’s team includes diff erent

Telecommunica ons Engineers profi les and So ware

Developers exper ses, which is a valuable asset for

the rapidly growing 5G ecosystem. Ubiwhere believes

highly innova ve and commercially compe  ve

solu ons can be developed in conjunc on with

other like-minded partners from industry.

Our unique selling point

Ubiwhere posi ons itself as both 5G enabler (by

developing solu ons suppor ng the 5G ecosystem)

and 5G ver cal service provider (by providing services

benefi  ng from the 5G KPIs and infrastructure).

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VERTICAL M2M

Year established 2008

Number of employees 10

Website www.ver cal-m2m.com

Contact email networld@ver cal-m2m.com

Expertise in 5G

Ver cal M2M has a strong exper se in telecom

so ware and PaaS architectures, and advanced skills

in telecommunica ons, suppor ng many diff erent

telecom protocols through an agnos c approach.

With a 10+ year - experience in IoT, we also bring a

complete framework and sets of tools for secured

IoT applica ons over 5G networks.

Expertise in vertical sectors

Ver cal M2M has so far deployed many IoT projects,

with a par cular focus on the following markets

through mostly white-label solu ons:

- energy: smarthome, renewable energy

monitoring solu ons for U li es and ESCO

(Energy Service Companies) & building energy

monitoring

- smartci es: smartmetering solu ons,

streetligh ng services, building management,…

- manufacturing/industry: predic ve maintenance

solu ons, process monitoring and smar actory,

pu ng together combina ons of heterogeneous

secured IoT systems

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

As a telecom so ware vendor dedicated to IoT, we

invest a wide part of our resources in R&D and we

have been involved in several collabora ve R&D

projects supported either by the French ministry

of research (FUI projects) or the French public

investment bank (BPI) or the European Commission

(H2020 5G-PPP projects).

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

We are par cularly interested in any collabora ve

research related to IoT over 5G networks (massive

IoT, mission cri cal IoT, ver cal IoT or Edge Cloud

IoT) and bring contribu ons either at the IaaS or the

PaaS levels.

We also have a strong interest in 5G applica ons

for the energy, smartcity or industry/smar actory

areas and are eager to be part of PoCs or large-scale

experiments applied to these markets.

Our unique selling point

With CommonSense IoT Pla orm, we drama cally

ease secured deployment of IoT solu ons from the

IoT node up to the IoT applica on with a standardized

and open pla orm that can immediately connect

and manage 5G and non-5G IoT devices and help

design complete applica ons as well.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

VISIONA INGENIERÍA DE PROYECTOS S.L.

Year established 2006

Number of employees 8

Website www.visiona-ip.es

Contact email nsanchez@visiona-ip.es

Expertise in 5G

VISIONA is a cu ng-edge Informa on Technology

SME that has ac vely par cipated in several

open calls from the research and innova on EU

programmes, like the H2020 5G-PPP Phase-1

5G-Crosshaul and Phase-2 NRG5 projects. VISIONA

team counts on with exper se in designing big

systems and managing projects of big magnitude,

in designing network elements and network

services for NFV and SDN, planning and opera on

of networks based on these technologies. Strong

background in virtualiza on of func ons that lead to

5G-ready innova ve and smart environments.

Expertise in vertical sectors

VISIONA is specialized in groundbreaking media

technologies, from produc on and postproduc on

systems, coding, transmission, etc. to those designed

for the fi nal user, including broadcast solu ons,

video processing, media analy cs, coding, mobile

live streaming and hyper-personaliza on. This

makes of VISIONA a suitable partner for any ver cal

demanding such exper se (from entertainment to

smart ci es and energy related contexts, among

other).

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

VISIONA core team is composed of PhD senior

researchers and Professors in the fi eld of Technology

and Communica ons Systems with outstanding

experience on system design and applica on

development in collabora on with na onal and

interna onal companies in several R&D public and

private funding meaningful projects. Furthermore,

VISIONA was awarded with the Innova ve SME

Cer fi ca on by Spanish Ministry of Economy,

Industry and Compe  veness in September 2016.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

VISIONA is seeking EU partners interested in

collabora ng with our SME to iden fy synergies

so that we could work together on the crea on

of innova ve solu ons and the design strategies

for exploita on of coopera on results in order to

achieve maximum impact of 5G-related technologies

a er experimenta on.

Our unique selling point

Spanish SME spin-off of the research group in

Technical University of Madrid that has been leading

progresses on mul media for more than 15 years.

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WEST AQUILA

Year established 2004

Number of employees 15

Website www.westaquila.com

Contact email info@westaquila.com

Expertise in 5G

The company has already gained a decade-long

experience by par cipa ng as a key technological

partner in several na onal and European

projects, with par cular emphasis on integra on

of heterogeneous wireless interfaces and IoT.

Furthermore, the company is located in one of the

fi ve Italian ci es selected by the Italian Ministry of

Economic Development for pre-commercial 5G trials.

It is now surrounded by a 5G eco-system composed

of network operators, chip makers, telecom

manufacturers and ver cal sector integrators that

refer to healthcare, mobility, energy, safety and

emergency management.

Expertise in vertical sectors

In the recent past, WEST has par cipated in

several EU projects, including an ITN Marie Curie

project (Greenet) focused on the analysis, design,

and op misa on of energy effi cient wireless

communica on systems and networks, and two

IAPP Marie Curie projects, WSN4QoL (a healthcare-

oriented project proposing Wireless Sensor

Networks for Quality of Life) and SmartNRG (dealing

with new solu ons for energy distribu on and

management for smart ci es).

WEST has also par cipated to a na onal project on

Structural Health Monitoring, where a WSN is used

to monitor historical buildings a er the earthquake

of 2009 in L’Aquila, and UbiCare and CASA+, two

projects aimed at remote monitoring aged people

and pa ents who have Down syndrome.

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

The background of the company relies upon

system design methodologies, wireless networked

embedded systems and heterogeneous distributed

networks. The co-founders have brought into the

company the experience gained within several

European-funded projects and through long-las ng

R&D collabora ons with many companies. The

main exper se of WEST lies in the development of

innova ve solu ons and technologies for networked

embedded systems and massive IoT, which

encompass the development of large-scale system

level simulators and network testbeds.

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

WEST is a highly dynamic and innova ve company,

which aims at bridging the gap between the

academic and industry sectors. In this perspec ve,

the company envisions the possibility to exploit

cu ng-edge technologies in mul ple applica on

domains. As an R&D company, there is always

a strong interest in fostering new coopera on s

devoted to study, analyse and prototype solu ons

in the fi eld of networked embedded systems and

cyber-physical systems.

Our unique selling point

WEST main ability lies in the design, development

and prototyping of novel solu ons, also for proofs-

of-concept. In all the projects developed so far,

WEST has exploited his consistent R&D background

in successfully developing and tes ng several HW/

SW pla orms for wireless embedded systems, along

with on-fi eld op misa on of several algorithms and

confi gura ons. WEST is inherently open to new

opportuni es for collabora ons with interested

partners, from both academia and industry sectors.

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SME Expertise and Skills

in the 5G Domain

WINGS ICT SOLUTIONS

Year established 2012

Number of employees 70

Website www.wings-ict-solu ons.eu

Contact email info@wings-ict-solu ons.eu

ktsagk@wings-ict-solu ons.eu

kri kou@wings-ict-solu ons.eu

Expertise in 5G

WINGS’ por olio of exper se includes (but is

not limited to) the following 5G related domains:

Smart Wireless Access (5G, 4G, wireless network

management), Internet of Things (IoT), So ware

Defi ned Networks (SDN)/ Network Func on

Virtualiza on (NFV), Ar fi cial Intelligence (AI) &

Big Data Analy cs (enhanced algorithms for new

applica ons), Security/Cybersecurity.

Expertise in vertical sectors

WINGS’ exper se in ver cal sectors includes:

water, energy, smart ci es, food safety, health,

transporta on, fi nance. More specifi cally, WINGS

develops, in the context of the WINGS “Ar fi cial

intelligence & Internet of Things powered pla orm/

solu on for ver cals”, the solu ons for (i) water

management (Cataract - proac ve management

pla orm for smart connected water), which is

already being piloted in Nothern Greece, (ii) assisted

living - smart ci es, smart home and health (Starlit

- cloud based iot smart living pla orm), (iii) health

(Migrainenet), (iv) energy (solu on EnergyWater)

and (v) fi ntech (pla orm Incelligent - as a spin-out

company).

Expertise in R&D and Innovation

WINGS members have more than 20 years’

experience in Research and Innova on ac vi es

and projects. WINGS’ por olio of exper se in R&D

and Innova on includes projects in 5G (currently

H2020/One5G, H2020-EU-Taiwan/Clear5G, H2020/

Speed5G, as well as completed projects H2020/

Flex5Gware, H2020/Fantas c5G etc). Moreover, the

company is involved in R&D projects in Ver cals such

as food safety & security (H2020/Impaqt and H2020/

PhasmaFOOD), transporta on (H2020/MyCorridor

and na onally funded project netPARK), as well as

projects in Big Data and Ar fi cial Intelligence (i.e.

projects H2020/PROTEUS, H2020 EU-Japan/iKaaS

etc).

Potential interest in R&D and Innovation

Cooperation

WINGS is interested in interna onal coopera on

in the areas of 5G and Ver cals (water, energy,

smart ci es, food safety, health, transporta on,

fi nance). WINGS is also open to new proposals for

collabora on in new areas in the ver cals sector.

Such coopera ons will be supported by the company

members’ long exper se in interna onal Research

and Development projects.

Our unique selling point

Our combina on of domain knowledge in various

ver cals (water, assisted living, health, food safety,

transporta on, energy, fi ntech), with technology

areas (5G, IoT, SDN/NFV, AI & Big Data, Security/

Cybersecurity)

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Our current best success story is the

Cataract pla orm, an innova ve water

management pla orm for addressing

in a holis c way key water-related

cases. Currently, Cataract is piloted in

Northern Greece in a Smart University

campus, in collabora on with the big

Greek mobile operator COSMOTE,

member of Deutsche Telekom

Group, providing NB-IoT based Smart

Connected Water Solu on for Water

Quality Management, as well as in the

Athens area.

SUCCESS STORIES

WINGS ICT SOLUTIONS

UBITECH’s exper se and ongoing

ac vi es towards the design

and development of intelligent

orchestra on mechanisms has

led to the implementa on and

con nuous evolu on of the MAESTRO

Orchestrator. MAESTRO is mainly

focusing on interconnec ng ver cal

applica ons orchestra on with

network services orchestra on based

on the instan a on and management

of applica on-aware network slices.

UBITECH

UBIWHERE

Ubiwhere is a key partner of a

Portuguese Joint Venture called

Smartlamppost, whose acquired

knowledge and 5G exper se is

allowing infrastructure owners to

benefi t from the neutral host approach

to mone ze on their investment

while providing MNOs a scalable and

cost-eff ec ve-eff ec ve 5G network

deployments.

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the To-Euro-5G project and the

NetWorld2020 SME Working

Group. The To-Euro-5G Project

has received funding by the

European Commission’s Horizon

2020 Programme under the grant

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