Affordable5G’s partners held the last project presentations during the first day of the conference (29 November), which took place in Athens.

The presentations were part of the programme of InfoCom’s Science Session‘s research-oriented workshop: “Research Projects for creating the Future and Innovative Telecoms Market”. The first of our partners to take the stage was George Kontopoulos from 8Bells – as part of Session 5 of the workshop, dedicated to “5G Core Technologies for Innovation and Connected Automated Mobility (CAM)”- who introduced Affordable5G’s scope to an audience of over 50 people (in-person and via online stream), expanding then on produced innovations and new Open RAN ecosystem (The presentation is available in the dedicated section of this website).

8Bells’ slot was followed by Ioannis Neokosmidis from partner inCITES, who held a presentation revolving around “Factors affecting the market adoption and evolution of Private 5G Networks: The Affordable5G case”, featuring an extensive investigation to assess the factors that will facilitate the market adoption of the innovations developed within the project.

About InfoCom world conference

InfoCom World 2022 counted an estimated attendance of over 600 people. The event focused on examining how Fiber and 5G are changing the market and offering new opportunities, the investments being made, the operations of the hubs of large companies in Greece, and how the country can attract even more. Additionally, the event touched upon the talent that the ICT field is looking for, the brain drain and the opportunities that are offered. At the same time, digital transformation was a key discussion topic, alongside the innovation ecosystem and the financial tools that have emerged.

For further information: https://infocomworld.gr

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InfoCom World 2022 will examine how Fiber and 5G are changing the market and offering new opportunities, the investments being made, the operations of the hubs of large companies in Greece, and how the country can attract even more. Additionally, the event will touch upon the talent that the ICT field is looking for, the brain drain and the opportunities that are offered. At the same time, digital transformation will be discussed, alongside the innovation ecosystem and the financial tools that have emerged.

George Kontopoulos from Affordable5G’s partner 8Bells will hold a presentation at the event within its Science Session‘s research-oriented workshop: “Research Projects for creating the Future and Innovative Telecoms Market” on November 29.
The presentation will be part of Session 5 of the workshop, dedicated to “5G Core Technologies for Innovation and Connected Automated Mobility (CAM)” and taking place between 2-3pm EET.

In addition, Ioannis Neokosmidis from partner inCITES will hold a presentation within the workshop, entitled “Factors affecting the market adoption and evolution of Private 5G Networks: The Affordable5G case”.

For further information: https://infocomworld.gr/en/

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8Bells’ main areas of research and technical expertise are customizable solutions that enhance modern communications relevant to the area of 5G Mobile Technology, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and management solutions for Cloud infrastructures. The company possesses a portfolio of cybersecurity solutions that can be used for risk assessment, cyber-hygiene, anomaly detection, and threat remediation. Special advisory services include identifying, evaluating, implementing and distributing new investment opportunities, innovation management, technology transfer and exploitation.

The company has strong focus on R&D with a long track record in EU- and national-funded research initiatives, project engagements focused on 5G, AI, cybersecurity, Future Internet Platforms, health, industry 4.0 and IoT, Cloud & Edge computing, energy, security and defence.

In Affordable5G, 8Bells will contribute to technical activities using a variety of open-source tools for cloud and network monitoring, Open-Source MANO for NFV management, and conduct technoeconomic and market analysis for the innovative Affordable5G use cases. 

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It includes cell densification, Remote Units/Distributed Units/Central Units RU/DU/CU split, hardware acceleration, edge computing and core network virtualization, seamlessly combined with the adoption of open solutions, such as O-RAN (Radio Access Network), MEC (Mobile Edge Computing) and open source MANO (Management and Orchestration) solutions, for cloud-native, micro-service deployments. The solution will be evaluated and validated in two vertical pilots related to emergency communications and smart cities.

Affordable5G gathers 17 partners from 10 European countries (Spain, Greece, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Cyprus, and France) and Israel who will work together for 2 years.

The Affordable5G consortium is a truly, multidisciplinary consortium, encompassing major industrial companies, SMEs and Research Institutions and Universities.
It brings together two large industrial service provider Partners: Atos, Cellnex and one big vendor: ADVA. They will transfer the Affordable5G results into provisioned services and products.

Part of the consortium are also 10 innovative SMEs: Martel, Accelleran, Athonet, Think Silicon, Ubiwhere, RunEL, Nemergent, 8bells, InCites and Nearby Computing; 4 Research Institutes and Universities: Malaga University, National & Kapodistrian University Of Athens, Fundació I2cat and Eurecom.

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