Network Technologies
This research unit will deliver expertise and authority within mobile, fixed and broadcast technologies to continue Telenor's market leadership in its home markets and to meet the challenges of international expansion.
R&I strongly contributes to ensuring Telenor's success in the broadband market by choosing the winning distribution technology and platform for broadband services and by being a leader in identifying and choosing new technology for fixed and mobile access. R&I recommends methods to maximise capacity and achieve optimum efficiency of Telenor's network infrastructure and seamless cross platform solutions with end-to-end service quality, security and mobility. R&I also evaluates system solutions to facilitate and meet user requirements for services and content specific to time, location and terminal and is also experimental in trying out new technology in co-operation with business units and suppliers.
The Network Technologies research unit consists of five research groups.
Broadband Media Platforms
The rapid growth in broadband penetration, digital media and network-enabled
devices allows the consumer greater control and more ease of use in their consumption
and management of communication and content. R&I will establish a leading knowledge
centre on enabling consumer electronics devices and broadband services.
Access Systems
R&I shall master the technologies and systems that enable optimum utilization
of the access networks to satisfy Telenor and the end user's demand for capacity,
services, quality and price. The current trends are towards hybrid access networks
where the challenges and opportunities are found by looking at several access
technologies such as xDSL, Ethernet, CATV (Cable TV), fibre, WLAN (Wireless
Local Area Network), BFWA (Broadband Fixed Wireless Access), GSM, UMTS and Broadcast
systems for optimized solutions.
IP Networks
R&I works on mechanisms and protocols in a scalable multi-service IP-based
network architecture across domains for fixed and mobile networks. The main
activity areas are Internet QoS and protocols, performance analysis and dimensioning,
architecture, control and network management and optical network solutions for
access, metro and core.
Mobile Systems
The future of mobile services is moving towards flexible solutions across heterogeneous
networks. The customer wants the same services and user experiences irrespective
of network and terminal. R&I must be in the lead on technologies and systems
that enable seamless services across different networks.
Technical Architecture
The importance of taking on a holistic view on the architecture is becoming
even stronger as the telecom business moves on.
Technical Architecture covers end-systems, access networks, core networks, service
platforms and support systems. The scope of the Technical Architecture group
is not restricted to a particular technical dimension.
Competence areas cover all these topics as well as a number of cross-area topics,
such as security, data models, identity handling and technical strategies.
Jointly, the Technical Architecture members contribute to elaborating a timely
technical target architecture for Telenor group. This covers both current mainstream
development and disruptive technical solutions.
