QUEBEC CITY – EXFO Inc. is a founding member of a new organization designed to ensure that Canada gets its share of the $5 trillion high-tech pie while maintaining its position as a world leader in next generation network technologies.
The company said that the new Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN) seeks to bring together the entire industry supply chain – including multinationals, small- and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups, service providers, research scientists and academics, to provide testing facilities, business support, mentoring and help in finding financing, all while promoting the development of cloud-based applications in areas such as healthcare, energy, education, financial services and the environment.
With its headquarters in the Kanata Research Park in west-end Ottawa, CENGN provides an essential link between fundamental research and the commercialization efforts needed to get communications products to market before the competition. CENGN will foster "co-opetition" between member organizations which are responsible for 90% of Canada's telecommunications R&D.
CENGN will have satellite offices across Canada and it will partner with CANARIE, Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network, to connect with researchers across the country. The centre will also be linked to regional innovation centres to ensure start-ups get the business support they need in order to grow.
"EXFO is proud to be a founding member of CENGN”, said EXFO founder, chairman and CEO Germain Lamonde, in the news release. “This provides us a great platform to work collaboratively with other CENGN participants to drive innovation and deliver highly differentiated solutions for the communications industry."
