2 November 2010:
New name and brand of the eMobility European Technology Platform
Dear eMobility members,
in the ICT sector we are seeing many changes in the last years. When eMobility
was publicly launched in 2005 this European Technology Platform was mainly
looking at mobile and wireless communications with a focus on the lower layers.
With upcoming broadband communications fixed and mobile systems are more and
more cooperating and converging. Therefore, we are currently establishing a
closer cooperation with the Photonics21 ETP, because optical communication will
provide the backbone for broadband mobile systems.
ICT will increasingly be used as a key enabler for other industry sectors and
areas of our society. We will contribute to societal challenges like energy,
climate change, transport, health and the demographic challenge. In particular
in the area of electro mobility (electrical cars) the term “eMobility” is
increasingly be used in a different context. Therefore, the eMobility ETP will
change its name to
Net!Works
in order to reflect the convergence of fixed and mobile systems as well as to distinguish our area from electro mobility. In addition, we will also change our corporate identity and appearance to a more modern form. The EU Commission has announced the new name in its Future Networks newsletter. We will introduce new messages and the new brand of Net!Works in the Future Internet week in Ghent from December 13 to 17, 2010.I am looking forward to see you in Ghent.
Best regards,
Werner Mohr
Chairman of eMobility ETP