Innovation Ecosystem
What is innovation? Innovation is something we do that is new or different from past ways and which adds value for all those who may benefit from it. Creation and capture of new value in new ways (and to improve peoples life), no matter the perspective, is the main difference between innovation and invention. An innovation is an invention that found a (place in the) market.
How to sustain innovation? Culture: Encourage an innovation culture Promote commitment with the organization and deep, strategic understanding of what innovation is and how it can be achieved in everything we do. Innovation promotion Support the business units in the adoption of innovation methodologies and tools on their daily activities, while helping the technical and management teams understanding it. Fostering creativity Promote the alignment of the creative components of the processes with the overall company strategy and coordinate the creativity lifecycle, from idea generation to value creation. Monitoring and control Monitor, measure and control the innovation ecosystem and interfaces, both internal and external. External interfaces Create and manage collaboration opportunities with external institutions, namely Universities and R&D labs. RDI certification Manage the formal innovation process and associated national and international standards, while maximizing its value for the organization and customers. Knowledge management Promote the sustainable knowledge access by sharing and transferring it to the business and technical units in the organization.
Ecosystem Our innovation activities are guided and monitored by an ecosystem model that acts as an innovation orchestrator driving a chain of interactions between our core competencies and all the agents in our economic environment. Innovation lifecycle, the core of our ecosystem model, is a five stages iterative process that includes the launch of a new or improved product, service, process or business model, its introduction in the market as well as the monitoring of its evolution and the Customer feedback. Internal Innovation Events Creative and innovative culture Ideation Innovation ecosystem Internal and external analysis Knowledge Knowledge Management Innovation Methodologies and Tools Innovation lifecycle Organization Idea Benef. Innovation Diagnosis and KPIs R&D Organizational Strucutres and Capabilities Innovation lifecycle Prod. Capabilities Innovation ecosystem Customer satisfaction Customer Satisfaction Business Development Competition analysis and monitoring Distr. Innovation lifecycle Startups, Incubators, Accelerators, BA, VC Technology collaboration New Market Development Market Products and Services Portfolio R&D Industry Collaboration Technology monitoring Technology RDI Institutes, Universities Major trends Supplies Management Intelectual property Partnership Management International Collaboration Technology forecast
The systematic implementation and monitoring of the innovation ecosystem in our company requires permanent focus on the management of the three interfaces normalized by the Portuguese Standard NP 4457 (Research, Development and Innovation management standard). These interfaces are: Organization Addresses the aspects of the intrinsic capabilities of the organization, the promotion of the creative processes and knowledge management, both internal and external. Market Focuses on the observation and analysis of (potential) customers, new markets and trends. Intellectual property management is also addressed in this interface. Technology Observation of external developments in its areas of business, establishing and managing the necessary partnerships with other organizations in order to share technical and scientific information and evaluate joint development opportunities. It also performs permanent technology scanning and monitoring in order to identify opportunities of converting emerging technologies into updated and innovative products and services.
Organization interface InnovAction Annual publication dedicated to information and communication technologies. Issued by Altice Labs for the first time in 2003, it is one of the oldest and the most consistent expert magazine in Portugal.
MomentIno Workshops addressing innovation themes and methodologies that were previously identified as relevant to the organization, to encourage creativity and innovation. Working with Business Units Engaging with business unit s projects is a way to spread the word and inspire the use of innovative methodologies in the daily working routines. KShare Knowledge share events are opportunities to promote knowledge sharing between team members (of the same business unit), promoting the creation of a broad and unified vision of the business unit challenges. KShare events are the perfect moments for idea generation and discussion, or ideation. Pack DinamIna Toolkit that may be used by our teams in their daily working routines, accordingly to current needs. The available toolkit allows us to direct our work towards our Client s needs. Innovation Troopers The Innovation Troopers aim to engage everyone into taking an active role into the company s innovation ecosystem.
Market interface Market intelligence pack Gathering and sharing of several relevant publications related with Altice Labs strategic areas. BizzDays Workshops dedicated to specific business themes which are chosen of the foremost importance to the company. The aim of this workshops is to promote the discussion and training around business topics. Intellectual property monitoring Performs a systematic analysis of the number of IPR requests, registers, licenses and costs.
Technology interface RDI Projects International projects in collaboration and funded by external entities, projects with national partners and with Portuguese research institutes and universities. Tech Days Tech Days arise as a way to promote and share technological knowledge, not only its own but also of its partners. Technological partnerships With other companies for product, solution and market development.
RDI in collaboration We continuously engage in collaborative Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) projects as part of our sustained strategy for technological leadership. To this end, we play an active role in the Innovation Ecosystem, working in partnership with world class universities, R&D Institutions, technology startups, Suppliers and Clients in several projects, based on a risk sharing model, resorting to external funding from the major national and international research and innovation support programs. Universities/ R&D Centers ALTICE GROUP Startups RDI Funding Programmes Manufacturers EXTERNAL MARKET
RDI areas To ensure value creation and positive return to the operations, we guarantee that knowledge transfer occurs in all our initiatives. Exploratory innovation activities are set around strategic themes, namely: Cloud technologies (Cloud, SDN, NFV); Smart Living, Internet of Things and Smart Objects; Big Data Analytics; 5G and Future Networks; Evolutionary Optical Framework; Digital Services & Platforms; Security & Privacy. Digital Services & Platforms Evolutionary Optical Framework Big Data Analytics RDI areas Cloud, SDN, NFV Smart Living, Internet of Things, Smart Objects Security & Privacy 5G and Future Networks
From innovation to product GPON technology The integrated GPON offer, currently one of the most complete and differentiating in the market, evolved from ideas and exploratory innovation projects in partnership with the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) and the University of Aveiro (UA). Cisco Partnership FTTx/GPON Portfolio Reference Towards the top spot in global market OLT-TERA Best OLT platform in the market QREN - Project NGPON-2 (2013-2014) - with IT, Univ. Aveiro GPON Technology Evolution QREN - Project PANORAMA II (2013-2014) - with IT, Univ. Aveiro and Univ. Coimbra Transport Layer Evolution 2013-2014 Evolution to NGPON-2 80 Gbps max PIC Component - Photonic Integrated Circuit One of the first optical chip in the market 2015-2016 GPON 2012-2014 EU-FP7-Project Sodales (2012-2015) SODALES: SOftware-Defined Access using Low-Energy Subsystems Product RF Overlay Single OLT in the market with integrated RF Overlay 2008-2010 2010-2012 QREN - Project GPON in a Box (2009 2011) in partnership with IT and UA Focus on GPON technology (emerging) QREN - Project Panorama (2009-2011) in partnership with IT and UA Design of the first components for GPON technology First interoperable ONT launched on the world market MEF CE 1.0 and BBF247 certifications EU-FP7-Project Fiver (2010-2012) Fully-Converged Quintuple-Play Integrated Optical-Wireless Access Architectures Product WiFiber WiFi "At the tip of the fiber" Hotspots in telephone booths
From innovation to product MEO automatic recordings The concept of npvr (network-based Personal Video Recorder) was always present in the working lines of Interactive Television, addressed in exploratory innovation projects, demos and prototypes that explore the incorporation of technology for the provision and development of the powerful and sophisticated content Automatic Recording features present in MEO, essential ingredient of the new ways to watch TV. NOTTS/GAPOTT (QREN/Celtic, 2013-2015) Cache management in OTT context-aware based on consumption patterns DIPR Detection, identification and Removal of Advertising 2013-2015 2006-2010 npvr (PI, 2006-2007) Personalization of content in a context of networked PVR 4WARD (FP7, 2008-2010) Virtualization of network elements Automatic Recordings (Commercial launch, January 2013) 7 days of recordings in over 80 channels 2013 2010-2011 AnywhereDVR (QREN, 2010-2011) Anytime, anywhere recordings, with virtual DVR, STB/PC/iPad
All specifications subject to change without notice Altice Labs BR_INOVACAO_ALB_EN_v9 About Altice Labs Delivering key telecommunications technologies since 1950, Altice Labs has been shaping the future of technology enabling Communications Service Providers and Enterprises to offer advanced and differentiated services to their customers and users. Altice Labs is an innovation and transformation catalyst supported on a strong and dynamic Innovation Ecosystem. Through technology, we are committed to improve people s lives and the way in which companies do business. www.alticelabs.com