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Celtic Press Release |
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29 January 2007 |
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A glimpse of the future of telecommunicationsEuropean programme Celtic presents R&D results in BerlinFixed and mobile will converge in the telecoms world of the future. Accessing communications will be seamless, anytime, anywhere. From 22 to 23 February, the Celtic Event in Berlin will provide a glimpse of this future of unlimited communications. Under the title “Facing the Challenges of Ubiquitous ICT – The Next Generation of Communication“, 200 international experts will discuss the latest results from Celtic, the EUREKA research programme dedicated to telecommunications. “What distinguishes Celtic from any other research programme is that all projects provide end-to-end solutions close to the market,” says Celtic chairman José Jimenez from Telefónica. As part of the one-billion-euro programme, 34 projects have already been started since 2003, and 18 more projects are expected to be launched this year. Currently, there are about 350 companies from 29 countries involved in Celtic projects, almost one-third of them small and medium-sized enterprises. By the end of 2007, Mr Jimenez expects that the number of participating companies will have reached 450. He is convinced that “these industry-driven projects will help Europe to stay on top of the technological development in ICT”. Advanced identity management - FIDELITYOne of the 17 projects whose results will be presented at the Celtic exhibition is FIDELITY. The project addresses a problem that has become a nuisance for many Internet and telecoms users: every time you want to use a paid service on the Internet you have to authenticate yourself, repeatedly entering personal details. FIDELITY has developed a secure and user-friendly authentication system based on advanced identity management that will enable users to just log on once and then be authenticated for all other services on the Web. This path-breaking identity management solution is based on so-called Circles of Trust, which include an identity provider responsible for user authentication, an attribute provider to manage the users’ personal attributes, and a service provider to provide the actual service. The project is led by France Telecom, with the contribution of its Orange Labs network, and cooperates with the Liberty Alliance, a 150-member organisation dedicated to the improvement of identity management. At the Celtic Event, FIDELITY will provide a demonstration of its identity management solution. Other outstanding Celtic project results to be shown at the exhibition include a medical robot (BANITS), advanced multimedia solutions (MACs), radio resource management (Gandalf), and mobile TV via the DVB-H standard (Wing-TV). The Celtic Event will be opened on 22 February by Peter Möckel, managing director of Deutsche Telekom Laboratories. Another keynote will be given by Dr. Volkmar Dietz, head of the communications technologies division at BMBF, the German Ministry of Education and Research. About the eventCeltic Event 2007 Venue: Deutsche Telekom, Französische Str. 33 a-c, 10117 Berlin, Germany Press tour through the
exhibition with José Jimenez, chairman of Celtic, About CelticCeltic is a EUREKA cluster programme, which initiates and runs privately and publicly funded R&D projects in the field of telecommunications. The initiative is supported by most of the major European players in communication technologies. Celtic projects focus on telecoms networks, applications, and services based on a complete-system approach. Celtic is the only European R&D programme fully dedicated to complete system-integrated telecommunications solutions. The size of the Celtic budget is in the range of 1 billion euro. Celtic is open to any kind of project participation from all EUREKA countries. So far, 29 countries are participating in Celtic. Celtic is operated and supported by the following major players in telecommunications: Alcatel Lucent, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Eurescom, France Telecom, Italtel, Nokia, RAD Data Communications, Telefónica, and Thomson. Celtic website: www.celtic-initiative.org About EUREKAEUREKA is a pan-European network for market-oriented, industrial R&D. EUREKA supports the competitiveness of European companies through international collaboration to create partnerships and networks of innovation. The objective is to bring high quality research and development efforts to the marketplace and encourage the multiplying effects of cooperation. The aim is to advance and improve the quality of life. EUREKA website: www.eureka.be Press release for download in pdf format (77 kb)
German version of press
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