5G PPP BOOSTS EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Long-term research initiative addresses future connectivity needs in key societal and economic domains Brussels, 20 December 2013 - A new 5G Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership (PPP) was launched this week by the European Commission and the 5G PPP Association. It will involve research into solutions, architectures, technologies and standards for the 5G communication infrastructures of the next decade.

The 5G PPP brings together a broad range of stakeholders from the telecommunications and IT sectors as well as from research institutes. The founding members of the association are Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Solutions and Networks, Orange and satellite operator SES.

The European Commission and the industry are committing significant public funding to 5G research.

The communication network and service environment of 2020 and beyond will be infinitely richer and more complex than today. It is expected that in the next decade the network infrastructure will be capable of connecting people, machines and information in a flexible and truly mobile way. The future will encompass connected sensors, connected vehicles, smart meters and smart home gadgets way beyond our current experience of tablet and smartphone connectivity.

The 5G PPP will address the novel infrastructure requirements that will be needed to cater for these challenging and unprecedented growth and performance characteristics with a specific attention to energy efficiency. There may be a need to redefine the value chains, reinvent the roles and relationships between the players, whilst opening new innovation opportunities. At the same time, the introduction of virtualization and of software based network functionalities will require more flexibility and reactivity from the networks.

These new network requirements, technologies and architectures will introduce a huge range of industrial opportunities for both established and new actors and also for SME

Useful Links:

5G PPP Factsheet

EC press release

Media contacts:

Alcatel-Lucent, E-mail: Simon.poulter@alcatel-lucent.com, Phone: 33 (0)1 40 76 50 84

Ericsson Corporate Communications, Email: media.relations@ericsson.com, Phone: 46 10 719 69 92

NSN, Media Relations, E-mail: mediarelations@nsn.com, Phone: 358 7140 02869

Orange, Tom Wright, E-mail: tom.wright@orange.com, Phone: 33 1 44 44 02 84

SES, Yves Feltes, E-mail: yves.feltes@ses.com, Phones 352 710 725 311

About SES

SES is a world-leading satellite operator with a fleet of 55 geostationary satellites. The company provides satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators and business and governmental organisations worldwide.

SES stands for long-lasting business relationships, high-quality service and excellence in the broadcasting industry. The culturally diverse regional teams of SES are located around the globe and work closely with customers to meet their specific satellite bandwidth and service requirements.

SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) holds participations in Ciel in Canada and QuetzSat in Mexico, as well as a strategic participation in satellite infrastructure start-up O3b Networks. Further information under: www.ses.com.

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