Knowledge & Innovation

Research areas & Innovation projects

Innovation Areas

Exploratory innovation activities are set around strategic themes, such as: Internet of Everything (IoE), Beyond 5G + 6G, Optical Networks, Quantum Technologies, Cybersecurity, Digital Platforms, Big Data Analytics, Mixed Reality & Digital Twins, Artificial Intelligence and Societal Applications.

Innovation Areas

Exploratory innovation activities are set around strategic themes such as the Internet of Everything (IoE), Beyond 5G + 6G, Optical Networks, Quantum Technologies, Cybersecurity, Digital Platforms, Big Data Analytics, Mixed Reality & Digital Twins, Artificial Intelligence, and Societal Applications.

Research Areas

Internet of Everything (IoE)

IoE aims to create data-based connections between people, processes, and things, improving efficiency, enhancing decision-making, and fostering innovation across sectors, being at the center of the societal digital transformation.

Beyond 5G + 6G

The path toward a digital society requires a communication path to link applications with users while on the move. Realizing the potential of artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, holographic projections, or 3D-based applications requires a new infrastructure to support the new requirements of future services. B5G and 6G are the appropriate answers to enable this new era of digital communications.

Optical Networks

Fixed-access networks have had a huge impact on society over the last few decades, allowing residential broadband services and being a driver for the digitalization of society. With increasing broadband speeds, optical access technologies are playing an increasingly important role in fixed access. In the last few years, the world has seen a clear rise in the deployment of FTTH (Fiber To The Home) networks. GPON and XGSPON technologies for FTTH are now rapidly evolving towards ever higher speeds accompanied by lower latencies.

Quantum Technologies

The emergence of Quantum Computing is expected to disrupt the security of many widely used cryptographic systems, but quantum mechanics can also be the basis for new approaches to data security. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) uses quantum principles to securely distribute cryptographic keys across a network. Software Defined Networks (SDN) provide the architecture for the integration of QKD into existing and future networks. Combining QKD with alternative and complementary approaches like Post-Quantum Cryptography algorithms will pave the way for richer, more secure solutions.

Cybersecurity

Cibersecurity

Cybersecurity is a critical field dedicated to safeguarding digital systems, networks, and data from unauthorized access, attacks, and damage. In an increasingly interconnected world where technology plays a pivotal role in our daily lives, the importance of cybersecurity extends beyond individual users to encompass businesses, governments, and society. Digital Service Providers must ensure the security of infrastructures, data, and services.

Digital Platforms

Business platforms are online systems that link many participants, making interaction between individuals or entities possible. They enable the connection between producers and consumers despite not owning the products, contents, or services. In the era of the digital economy, these platforms represent a transformation where activities from different sectors change paradigms, giving rise to a new community-based digital lifestyle.

Big Data Analytics

Applied to describe the exponential growth and general availability of data in multiple forms, Big Data is already enabling major breakthroughs in every field of Science and Economics, bringing the associated technologies to the core of most modern RDI projects.

Mixed Reality & Digital Twins

Mixed Reality and Digital Twins are emerging as transformative technologies, reshaping the way we interact with the physical and digital worlds. Together, these concepts break down the barriers between reality and virtuality, offering a more integrated and immersive experience.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) significantly impacts many areas of society, rapidly shaping how we live and work. In the healthcare sector, AI facilitates accurate and personalized diagnoses, improving the treatment of diseases. In automation and industry, it optimizes processes, increases efficiency, and reduces overall costs. AI is crucial in transforming cities, making them more citizen-friendly, helping in urban planning, organizing traffic, ensuring public safety, and easing energy savings. However, ethical concerns related to privacy and automated decision-making require regulation to put AI on the right side of history.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) studies the phenomenon of human intelligence replicated by machines and, at the same time, is an engineering branch, that seeks to build instruments to support human decision. Together, science and engineering aim to allow machines to perform tasks that, when performed by humans, need the use of intelligence.

Big Data Analytics

Usually applied to describe the exponential growth and general availability of data in multiple forms, Big Data is already enabling major breakthroughs in every field of Science and Economics, bringing the associated technologies to the core of most modern RDI projects.

Optical Networks

Fixed-access networks had an enormous impact on society over the last few decades allowing residential broadband services and being a driver for the digitalization of society. With increasing broadband speeds, optical access technologies are playing an increasingly important role for fixed access. In the last few years the world has seen a clear rise in the deployment of FTTH (Fiber To The Home) networks. GPON and XGSPON technology for FTTH (2.5Gbps and 10Gbps) are now evolving very quickly to faster technologies capable of much higher speeds and a wider range of applications, like mobile fronthaul.

Societal Applications

From education to healthcare and sustainability, the impact of technological applications is profound and far-reaching. As a company committed to societal advancement, Altice Labs envisions a future where our applications play a pivotal role in creating positive social impact. Through innovation and collaboration, we strive to be at the forefront of technological solutions that shape a more connected, informed, and inclusive society.

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