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Nokia Research Center to Head New EU Multimedia Project
May 13, 1996
The European Union Commission has accepted Nokia Research Center to head the multi-national IMMP research and development project within the Fourth R&D Framework Programme of the EU. The objective of the IMMP project (Integrated MultiMedia Project) is to develop common standard technologies for multimedia services to be used both in business and residential environments over ATM networks.
The essential part of the IMMP project will be end-user trials, which will be run in Lappeenranta, Finland and in Manchester, UK. The trials starting on a large scale next year will particularly focus on video conferencing, tele-education, tele-working and interactive advertising, which is expected to fascinate network users more than editorial contents on future network publications.
In all, there are ten parties from Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Germany involved in the project. In addition to Nokia, Nynex CableComms UK, Telia Sweden, Telecom Finland, German National Research Center GMD, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Sybase UK, UI Design Sweden, University of Salford and Helsinki University of Technology are also taking part.
The IMMP project will require the effort of some 70 person-years, and the EU is funding a part of the expenses. The project will last from 1996 to 1998.
Nokia Research Center exploring and developing multimedia
As the corporate research unit of the Nokia Group, Nokia Research Center's mission is to develop technologies and core competencies in areas crucial to Nokia's success, including telecommunications, audio-visual signal processing, software and electronics. The Center's main focus is on GSM enhancement and third-generation cellular systems, broadband communications and multimedia.
Nokia Research Center has a strong participation in the R&D projects within the European Union's Fourth Framework Programme as well as in many national research programmes, in which future communications systems and multimedia applications are under development. Additionally, it cooperates globally with universities and research institutions and takes part in international standardization efforts.
Nokia Research Center's activities have expanded rapidly. The Research Center employs 530 people, more than 70 percent of whom hold an academic degree and 15 percent a licentiate or doctorate. The Research Center has laboratories in Helsinki and Tampere in Finland as well as in Dallas and Boston in the United States.
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