TORONTO and OTTAWA – A new partnership between Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and Canada's Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN) aims to address the pressing need for more robust networks that can handle the exchange of vast quantities of information at great speeds.
The two organizations pledged to support up to 10 projects with $2 million in funding, coming from both OCE and CENGN in addition to matching industry contributions, in order to accelerate the commercialization of cutting-edge Ontario-based communications technology research. The projects will be focused in areas including SDN and NFV, networking, internet of things (IoT), the cloud and security.
"OCE has a long and proud history of working with the information and communications technology sector to help lead the way on networking innovations," said OCE's president and CEO Dr. Tom Corr, in the announcement. "Made-in-Ontario digital communications technologies are used around the world and OCE is pleased to be working with CENGN to enhance and expand that work."
"Ensuring that Ontario post-secondary institutions are working on commercially-relevant research, and producing a talent pool with the right skillsets, are key to Canada maintaining a leadership role in next generation networks," added CENGN president and CEO Ritch Dusome. "This partnership with OCE will provide CENGN and our industry members with a seamless way to interact with, develop, and train Ontario's entrepreneurs and post-secondary students."
