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Martel strengthens its position in the field of next-generation connectivity by participating in the newly launched UNITY-6G project
Byklaudiad 03/02/202518/07/2025

Martel is excited to announce its involvement in UNITY-6G, a new groundbreaking project, which aims to address critical challenges in energy efficiency and sustainability for networked services. Co-funded by the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) and Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation (SERI), UNITY-6G harnesses cutting-edge technologies and the expertise…

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Martel Recognised by Innovation Radar for efforts in the EASIER project
Byvalentin 21/08/202418/07/2025

Martel’s collaborative efforts in the EASIER project have been recognised by the European Commission’s Innovation Radar. The project, coordinated by Martel, performed groundbreaking work on enhancing the multilingual machine translation framework aimed at reducing communication barriers among deaf and hearing individuals. The efforts and achievements have once again been appreciated by the European Commission, with…

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New RIA in Martel’s project portfolio: TEADAL
Byvalentin 03/10/2022

On the 21st of September the activities of the TEADAL project kicked off with the first physical meeting of the consortium at Ubiwhere Headquarters in Aveiro, Portugal, to set pace with the plan of activities for the project, marking a new RIA in Martel’s project portfolio. TEADAL stands for Trustworthy, Energy-Aware Federated Data Lakes Along…

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Martel named “Key Innovator” by the EC’s Innovation Radar
Byvalentin 17/05/202225/05/2022

The European Commission’s Innovation Radar has named Martel a ‘Key Innovator’ thanks to the company’s contribution to the Open Source MANO (OSM) enhancement for flexible cloud-native service deployments, developed within the Affordable5G project. Open Source MANO (OSM) is an Open Source community-driven management and orchestration platform for Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs). OSM is being used…

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Martel Innovation cocktails
By 21/07/202026/08/2020

Whether you are partial to zesty cocktails or have a taste for fruity mocktails – a refreshing beverage heralds the summer holidays and at Martel we’re serving up an exciting mix of innovation for all tastes!

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An entrepreneur in the time of COVID-19
ByMonique Calisti 30/04/202020/07/2020

When the announcement of the lockdown in Switzerland arrived on a Friday late afternoon in March, it was no big surprise really. We saw it coming, especially with many of our relatives, friends and partners in Italy.

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MARTEL – INNOVATION FOR ICT PROPOSERS DAY, 2019
By 07/10/201907/10/2019

More than 3,000 top European ICT researchers and innovators met in Helsinki at the ICT Proposers’ Day, as part of the Digital Excellence Forum, on 19 – 20 September. The conference combined vital information sessions on the last calls of the Horizon 2020 framework programme and the upcoming next Horizon Europe. Martel presented skills, expertise…

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Video: What is innovation to you?
Bymargfmartel16 26/04/201928/04/2019

Martel has launched its latest short film: What is innovation to you? Playing with Martel’s tagline “Innovation, we make it happen” the film attempts to answer the question – what is innovation to you? Martel’s filmmakers Claire Doble and Miguel Alarcón asked attendees and exhibitors at the recent Four Years From Now (4YFN) conference in…

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5G stories from 5G people
Bymargfmartel16 18/04/2019

Martel has launched its latest video: 5G Stories from 5G People: Prepare for the Unexpected. The video contains footage shot at the recent Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. MWC is the world’s largest gathering for the mobile services industry. Martel’s 5G Stories… video features interviews from key players working in the forefront of digital…

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Monique Calisti: Sitra guest blog
Bymargfmartel16 05/04/201906/05/2019

Martel’s CEO Dr Monique Calisti has a guest blog up on the website of Finnish innovation agency, Sitra. Calisti’s blog “Creating an internet of humans” was written from her perspective as head of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Outreach Office. However, it also demonstrates Monique’s personal passion and motivation for building a human-focused internet for…

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Martel communicates innovation
Bymargfmartel16 02/04/201910/04/2019

One of the most critical factors in today’s hyper-connected society and densely populated digital innovation scene is communication. If you do it right you’ll have a chance to be one of the 30% of digital businesses that succeed in the market. However, getting communication right requires strategic thinking, skills, dedicated resources, proper tools, but most…

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Calling all winemakers! Survey
Bymargfmartel16 13/11/201818/09/2019

Martel’s newly launched project StoryWine is looking for small regional winemakers to help shape an innovative viticulture solution. StoryWine is a platform that builds on smart agriculture practices to deliver innovation and added value to vineyards. It will also improve efficiency and quality of wine production through sensor-based data and advanced analytics. Phase One of…

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RIFE results build community spirit in rural Catalonia
Bymargfmartel16 25/06/201808/01/2019

Recent headlines about Catalonia have often been more focused on division rather than connection. However, the field trial of RIFE, a Horizon 2020 research and innovation project coordinated by Martel, which tested a new type of internet architecture in the Catalonia region of Tarragona, was all about coming together and connecting people. To demonstrate the…

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Conducting the symphony of data
ByMiguel Alarcon 28/03/201806/05/2019

Cities getting smarter, and that’s creating a new set of challenges for both the cities themselves and their citizens. Living in a smart city opens up amazing potentials through new technologies, the internet of things, and big data – but these same things can raise unforeseen problems. “The biggest problems for smart cities hinge on…

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Choosing Open Innovation
ByMiguel Alarcon 23/11/201707/12/2017

On the 6-7 November, Martel attended the Open Innovation Days in Milan, Italy, for two days of presentations, best practices, exhibition and debates around innovation and social impact. Martel participated in the Open Innovation Days to join with other digital social innovators in discussing how ICT can improve our society by helping to better address…

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Martel to present three talks at FIWARE Tech Summit 2017
ByMiguel Alarcon 31/10/201704/10/2018

The FIWARE Tech Summit 2017 edition is coming to Malaga on November 28th-29th, 2017! Martel will have a primary role at the event and present three technical talks at the FIWARE Tech Summit. Dr. Federico Facca, Head of the Lab, in collaboration with Fernando Lopez from the FIWARE Foundation, is chairing the session on tools…

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Martel confirms its commitment to 5G with the recently started To-Euro-5G H2020 Project
BySysadmin 26/06/201706/10/2017

Following the success of the Euro 5G project, Martel confirms its commitment to the 5G development participating to the To-Euro-5G project, which aims at supporting the activities of the Phase 2 of the European 5G Initiative (June 2017 – June 2019). The Martel team is ready to take up the challenge posed by the 5G…

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Martel Actively Facilitates the EU-China Collaboration in the ICT field
Bymargfmartel16 02/06/201703/03/2020

It has been 7 months since Martel started coordinating the H2020 project EXCITING: EU-China Study on IoT and 5G and the team is making excellent progress. Martel and the other partners are being proactive in striving to push the boundary to further the collaboration between Europe and China in the field of 5G and IoT….

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Martel Innovate at the FIWARE Open Day
ByMonique Calisti 08/03/201704/10/2018

Martel Innovate at the FIWARE Open Day: reconfirming our committment to the success and growth of the FIWARE Open Service Platform and Business Ecosystem. Dr. Federico Facca, Head of Martel Lab, and Dr. Monique Calisti, Executive Director of Martel Innovate, participated to the FIWARE Open Day that marked an historical moment for the FIWARE community….

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Martel Innovate H2020 Training: increase your chances of success!
BySysadmin 14/02/201730/10/2017

Martel Innovate H2020 Training Increase your chances of success! 14, 15 February 2017, Bellaterra, Spain Martel Innovate is delighted to run a 1 day and 1/2 training about “How to write a winning H2020 proposal” for the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Bellaterra in Spain. This is…

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Federation of Next Generation Internet Experimentation Facilities: Fed4FIRE+ kicked off!
ByMaria Chiara Campodonico 28/01/201707/11/2017

Enabling federation of large-scale experimental facilities to ground the Next Generation Internet Federation of innovative large-scale experimental facilities is crucial to ground the foundation of the Next Generation Internet to enable addressing technological opportunities arising from advances in various research fields, extending from new network architectures and software-defined infrastructures to new concepts for services and…

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Martel Innovate joins the FIWARE Foundation and the FIWARE Marketplace
BySysadmin 23/01/201704/10/2018

Martel Innovate has been active in the FIWARE Community since 2011, as partner of XIFI project, supporting the creation and uptake of FIWARE community globally through the marketing first of FIWARE Lab and then of FIWARE Mundus initiatives. The FIWARE Community is an independent open community whose members are committed to materialise the FIWARE mission,…

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Highlights from Martel: review of 2016 and 2017 outlook
ByMonique Calisti 05/01/201706/10/2017

2016 has been an intense, surprising and succesful year for Martel Innovate. A few major highlights: 4 new people on board and 1 new office opened in Lugano (Switzerland) 10 accepted H2020 proposals out of 18 submitted in total between January and April 4 new H2020 projects started between September and November 2016 1 EC…

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Martel Innovate goes to Mexico
ByMonique Calisti 02/09/201631/08/2020

Pioneering a FIWARE-driven Innovation Hub between Europe and Mexico! Exciting times for the Martel Innovate team at the start of two new EC-funded projects within the Horizon 2020 context that aim at strengthening collaboration between ICT innovators in Europe and in Mexico! By building up on the expertise, skills and contacts established through direct involvement…

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