BT, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), and Facebook have selected their final six companies for pitch day for their third annual competition for start-ups in telecom infrastructure to join the UK’s TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Centre (TEAC), based at the BT Labs in Martlesham, Suffolk and in London’s Tech City.
Real-time mixed reality platform Condense Reality, based in Bristol, were among the 6 chosen as innovative startups with services which can deliver business or social benefits by utilising Edge Computing or 5G Private Network Infrastructure.
The final six companies are:
TDCOMM
DoubleMe
Condense Reality
Ori Industries
ADVA
CloudBackend
The winners will work with globally recognised scientists and engineers at the BT Labs at Adastral Park, one of the world’s leading centres for telecommunications research, with access to BT’s network facilities, hardware and testing capabilities. In addition, they will gain access to potential investors, build their network across the TEAC global community, and raise their company’s visibility.
Entries were judged by a panel of senior network and technology leaders from BT and TIP. The shortlisted companies have been invited to a final pitch event at BT Tower on Friday 17th January, where the winners will be chosen.
Howard Watson, CTIO of BT, and a member of the TIP Board notes: “TIP is playing a crucial role in helping to tackle some of the big challenges in global connectivity, supporting innovation across the telecoms sector and opening up opportunities for companies with exciting ideas, regardless of scale. This year, we’re particularly interested in entries from companies who are using Edge Computing or 5G Private Network Infrastructure in innovative ways to create new business opportunities or benefit society.”
The TEAC initiative is part of the Telecom Infra Project, which was founded in 2016. TIP is a global community that includes more than 500 member companies, including operators, infrastructure providers, system integrators, and other technology companies working together to transform the traditional approach to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure.
Condense Reality will hope to join winners Tethir and Accelleran from this years first two waves of TEAC UK entries to be welcomed in to the TIP community.
