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The Eurescom Study Programme
Short and focused studies have been part of Eurescom’s offer to its members from the beginning. The most substantial change to the study programme was in 2001 when it became an optional service for the members. Today the study programme is funded through upfront payments by those members subscribing to the programme. The Eurescom study programme is an efficient way of addressing topics of common interest and has over the years demonstrated its flexibility both in bringing conclusions to specific topics and pave the way for larger collaborative efforts amongst partners. With its annual budget it has been possible to fund up to nine studies per year. The results of the studies are exclusively available to the members of the study programme so that the study subscriber organisations are having a direct competitive advantage from collaborative work. The study programme is currently evolving, however, the fundamental principle will remain, namely that of collaboration. Any network operator or service provider may become a subscriber of the study programme and participate in it, if he shares the interest in having the substantial issues facing the telecom community addressed in a collaborative way. In 2006, and following a call for proposals at the end of 2005, the Study Management Group recommended three studies, which are currently running. The issues addressed range from fibre optics over machine-to-machine (M2M) communication up to service oriented architectures for service delivery. The first study on “Fibres in Access Network Greenfield Scenarios (FANGS)” aims at providing technical and techno-economic analysis and comparison of Fibre to the Home (FTTH) alternatives. The second study on “M2M opportunities in new service paradigms” analyses the current status of M2M technology and is extracting the new requirements posed by M2M and the pervasiveness paradigms to determine how operators can meet these business and technological challenges. Finally, the study on “Service Oriented Architectures (SoA) for convergent Service Delivery Platforms (SDPs)” is evaluating the technical and business impact of SoA on the creation and management of new services. The second call for 2006 is about to be launched, allowing new studies to start in September 2006. For more information on the study programme, of if you are interested to subscribe to the study programme, please visit the Eurescom web at http://www.eurescom.de Please send us your comments on this article. |
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