Eight universities in Ireland have been formed into a national telecoms research organisation supported by the Irish Government and industry partners.
Called the Centre for Telecoms Value Chain Research (CTVR), the research centre has received investment from commercial partners such as Lucent’s Bell Labs and FPGA semiconductor firm Xilinx.
The main effort will be put into blue sky research, but all of the programmes will have a commercial focus and will be guided by industrial requirements for the development of products and technologies.
Headquartered at Trinity College, Dublin, the CTVR will divide its work into separate areas of research including photonics, emerging networks, thermal management and next generation wireless. The research will have a strong focus on the realisation of commercially successful products in each space.