Deutsche Telekom (DT) has launched an innovations lab - 5G:hous - for further development and standardization of 5G technology. DT will work within its innovation lab with a broad range of partners including research companies, startups and established network infrastructure equipment vendors.
- According to DT, the company will use its European footprint to build up the lab and therefore will be able to create its presence across different locations in Europe. Collaboration with universities, startups, vendors, and customers will enable DT to leverage the diverse competencies and strengths of the different partners and to develop 5G from a holistic, customer-oriented perspective. Some of Deutsche Telekom’s partners include SoftRAN Initiative at Stanford University, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence - DFKI, University of Kaiserslautern, and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer FOKUS and Fraunhofer HHI) as well as startups such as RF DSP, Kumu Networks and Moogsoft and major vendors such as Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, ZTE, Qualcomm and Huawei.
The 5G:haus will allow us, in cooperation with leading partners, to develop the architecture, to foster innovation and to steer standardization work. The lab will also provide a platform to engage with our customers at a very early stage of 5G development. The industry must now work together to deliver a global communications standard and related products that allow first commercial deployments by 2020.
