CORDIS focus 72. 21 October 1996

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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ISSN 1022-6559 21 October 1996 The Contents of this bulletin are based on RTD-News, updated every day, and other CORDIS databases. THE EU GETS ITS "ACTS" TOGETHER ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES One of the more progressive research initiatives currently being funded under the EU's research budget covers Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (or ACTS as it is known). Some 157 projects are now working together, within an integrated programme, to produce key demonstrable components for the technological infrastructure on which a future Information Society may be built. Though of modest budget (at ECU 670 million), ACTS supports the largest set of linked trials, experiments, and demonstrations of applications, services and technologies existing anywhere in the world. By maintaining a practical, outward-facing stance, ACTS seeks to maximize the impact and visibility of its results. Putting subsidiarity into practice, ACTS research is linked to trials already taking place within the Member States and other countries having advanced communications testbeds. In all, there are some 23 National Hosts offering test-beds and experimental network facilities to ACTS projects, including in countries as far away as USA, Canada and Japan.

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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