Eurescom - History

History

In 1991, Eurescom - European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies in Telecommunications GmbH - was founded by European telecoms network operators as an organisation for coordinating collaborative R&D programmes among them. In mid-1990, in mid 1990, 26 European network operators had signed a Memorandum of Understanding as a basis for establishing the institute as a centre for collaborative research and development in Heidelberg, Germany. The idea was to combine R&D resources and create synergies in order to advance innovative technologies in European telecommunications more efficiently.

Since 1991, Eurescom has produced several hundred project results, which have impacted European telecommunications technology. Eurescom made, for example, major contributions to the introduction of interoperable European ISDN, the design of today's network management systems, specifications in the Internet domain, and the development of new services and applications for mobile networks and fixed networks.

Eurescom has a long-standing working relationship with other European organisations in the telecommunications sector, including the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. In 1998, ETSI, Eurescom and the ACTS programme on Advanced Communications Technologies of the European Commission agreed on closer collaboration.

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