Ftw.at
Title
Welcome to ftw.
Description
ftw. realizes co-operation between academia and industry in a new model
The Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.) was established in 1998 as a pilot organisation under the Austrian government´s Kplus Competence Centers Program. The founding partners were departments from Vienna University of Technology, several well-known telecommunications companies - both network operators and equipment manufacturers - some smaller enterprises, the Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf and the Association of the Electrotechnical and Electronics Industry. Its goal is to bring together academia and industry to carry out application-oriented research in one of the central scientific fields of tomorrow´s information society.
Mission
ftw. aims at fostering the innovation potential and the competitive edge of its members. This is achieved by bringing together existing expertise, making new scientific knowledge accessible and supporting its commercial implementation.
ftw. contributes significantly to consolidating Vienna´s position as an important center of technology. ftw. helps to expand Austria´s role within the European telecommunications research and industry.
