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Eclipse IoT-Testware Creation Review

News from Fri., June 09, 2017

On June 7, 2017, the IoT-Testware technology project was formally adopted by the Eclipse Foundation after a Creation Review. In the project, devices and services of the Internet of Things (IoT) are tested for compliance, interoperability, robustness and security.

6th FOKUS Media Web Symposium

News from Tue., May 23, 2017

On May 16 and 17, about 200 participants from 22 countries met at the 6th FOKUS Media Web Symposium (MWS) at the Fraunhofer-Institute FOKUS in Berlin. International experts presented and discussed current trends in the fields of Internet delivered Media, 360° video/ Virtual Reality, Multiscreen Solutions, HbbTV, Smart Media, standardization and market developments.

FOKUS LZ news 2017 IoT Lab Transferzentrum

Get in touch with the Internet of Things

News from Wed., April 05, 2017

On March 29, the transfer center "Internet of Things" at Fraunhofer FOKUS was inaugurated with around 120 guests from industry, politics and research. In an extensive lab tour, the varied potential IoT applications und their technical basis were demonstrated.

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This is how Berlin envisages the German Internet Institute

News from Tue., April 04, 2017

Within the scope of a nationwide contest, both Berlin and Brandenburg jointly submitted their application with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for a future German Internet Institute. On the project website of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center one can inform oneself about the application.

FOKUS supports the first ETSI NFV interoperability plugtest with Open Baton

News from Mon., February 20, 2017

From January 23 to February 3, 40 commercial and open-source-implementations of the second version of the ETSI NFV (Network Function Virtualization) standard that was released in autumn 2016 were tested in Madrid. The business unit NGNI provided the framework Open Baton.

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360° video available on consumers' Smart TVs

News from Thu., December 08, 2016

Berlin's regional broadcaster rbb launched "Band Camp Berlin" series. It will be shown on German TV channel KIKA with additional HbbTV based material. Fraunhofer FOKUS provides the technical basis and developes an editor toolkit for the HbbTV App within the project MPAT. As a worldwide first, the series offers the opportunity to watch 360°video on common HbbTV devices.

NEM Summit 2016 - FOKUS erhält Best Paper Award

Award for paper on 360° video streaming

News from Mon., November 28, 2016

Louay Bassbouss of our business unit FAME won an award for his paper "High Quality 360° Video Rendering and Streaming". At NEM Summit 2016, it was awarded as best paper.

Ina Schieferdecker appointed as member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change

News from Fri., November 11, 2016

On November 10, the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) was appointed by the Federal Cabinet for its next term. One of the nine members of this high-level advisory board is Prof. Ina-Schieferdecker, director of Fraunhofer FOKUS.

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MWC 2017: 5G Capital Berlin

Release from Fri., February 24, 2017

In the German capital 5G is not a distant hype. At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona (Feb 27 – Mar 2, 2017) the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS will present the test environment 5G Berlin.

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5th UCAAT

Date: Wed., Oct. 11, 2017 to Fri., Oct. 13, 2017

Location: Berlin

EVENT

#Berlin5GWeek 2017

Date: Mon., Nov. 06, 2017 to Fri., Nov. 10, 2017

Location: Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, Germany

Join three events in one week! The #Berlin5GWeek2017 will focus on challenges and opportunities of software networks and the role of 5G - understanding SDN, NFV, MEC, FOG, IOT, and 5G.