Partners

Alcatel-Lucent is mostly well known for its DSL multiplexers, used for high-speed Internet access over ADSL and VDSL. It had over 40% of the world DSLAM market in 2007, with more than 143 million lines shipped. It has a partnership with Microsoft as of 2004 to provide IPTV services via its TPSDA (Triple Play Services Delivery Architecture) over DSL and using its 7x50 VPLS/MPLS routers and switches to service providers such as AT&T in the United States. It is also a leading provider of optical transmission equipment, especially for submarine communications cable. Genesys, a U.S. subsidiary, is a leading provider of call centre software.

Alcatel-Lucent is also the world leader in point-to-point microwave radios and wireless transmission; with over 50 years expertise and over 17% of the global market share in 2005. It has a field-proven experience in deploying and managing wireless transmission networks and 2G, 2.5G, and 3G mobile backhauling.

Alcatel-Lucent has several notable non-network-based businesses. It has a Transport Solutions division that provides routing, control and network management for railway and mass transit operators, such as city undergrounds in Berlin, London and New York.

ENENSYS Technologies is a highly experienced company specializing in broadcast solutions for interoperability.
Created by technical and commercial experts from the Digital TV field, ENENSYS Technologies product lines are "convergence oriented", aiming at interworking of network (IT) and broadcast equipments with a special focus on:

• TV on mobile applications using Broadcast (DVB-H, DMB-T/H, T-DMB), and Broadband (3G, LTE, Wifi)
• Digital Terrestrial TV over DVB-T and DVB-T2 with advance knowledge in SFN management
• Video and radio over IP using DVB and World DMB technologies
• Test & Monitoring solution for Labs and operators

ENENSYS Technologies solutions are the clean and direct answer to one interfacing need. Secret behind is compacity, ease of use and professional robustness… These products prove that it is not required to engage new operating expenses to protect your [past or forthcoming] investments.

Headquartered in Rennes, France, in the heart of the MEDIA & NETWORKS Worldwide Competitiveness Cluster, ENENSYS Technologies has over 150 customers located in more than 35 countries.

EXPWAY is dedicated to providing manufacturers, operators and broadcasters with the solutions they need to deliver advanced mobile TV and IPTV services to their customers, and to constantly push back the limits of mobile broadcasting applications (interactivity – advertising – Datacasting – ESG).
EXPWAY is the recognized leader in advanced services for mobile TV and hand-held devices.

IRISA is a research institute in which Inria (the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control), CNRS (the French National Center for Scientific Research), The University of Rennes I and INSA (the National Institute of Applied Science, an engineering school in Rennes) are partners.

IRISA's activities are at the heart of Information and Communication Science and Technology (ICST) and contribute to achieve scientific and technological breakthroughs in telecommunications, multimedia information processing, software engineering, medicine and particularly bioinformatics.

IRISA participates in many technology transfer activities with major industrial partners, and this trend is likely to increase in coming years related to the participation in numerous European projects of the 6th IST framework program. These researches are recognized worldwide; international collaborations are developed with several research labs in the United States, Europe and Asia and IRISA develops a strong policy in the organization of famous international scientific conferences.

IRISA is also closely involved in academic training through teaching in universities and engineering schools and hosts more than 150 Ph-D students in its research teams.

SIRADEL provides global solutions designed to improve the radio coverage quality of any wireless network.

SIRADEL delivers turn-key solutions to operators and equipment vendors to design and optimize the infrastructure of sophisticated systems such as 3G, WiMAX or Digital Broadcasting networks.

With a total independence from the industry and a strong financial backing from shareholder of SIRADEL, the Legendre Group, solutions of SIRADEL are currently used in more than 50 countries to improve network engineering practices, from bidding to optimization, and for any type of wireless technology (W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000, OFDMA, DVB-T/H, TETRA,...).