1. Bologna Process – ICT industry expectations
Bologna Process – ICT industry expectations
Alessandro Pane
Head of R&D Centre Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Zagreb
Zagreb, November

2. Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Alessandro Pane
Director Research & Development center
Ericsson Nikola Tesla
Krapinska 45, P.O.Box.93
HR Zagreb CROATIA
Start in Ericsson in 1985:
85-89 SW Designer on Switching System
89-90 System Manager AXE-10
90-92 Technical manager SDH/ATM
92-94 Line Manager for I&V Unit
94-98 Project Manager Broadband Access
98-00 Product Unit Manager Residential Services
00-02 Product Unit Manager Mobile Service
02-05 Project & Provisioning Office Manager Mobile & Wireline
2006 Head of R&D Center in Croatia (ETK)
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3. Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Outline
Working environment
What is the “next” challenge in R&D
Cooperation with Universities
Expectation from University graduated newcomers
Conclusion

4. Ericsson: a truly global and committed innovation company
Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Ericsson: a truly global and committed innovation company
Presence all around the world
International operations for more than 125 years
R&D centers worldwide
Strongest brand in mobile infrastructure
Listed on all main stock exchanges
Industry’s strongest R&D investments
Driving industry standards
Innovation through strategic partnerships

5. Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Ericsson 2
Sweden
Finland
Japan
China
Hungary
Italy
Germany
Canada
USA
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Brazil
Ireland
Spain UK
India
Croatia
600 people
Zagreb: ca. 400
Split: ca. 200

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Ericsson Croatia 1(2)

7. R&D @ Ericsson Croatia 1(2)
Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Ericsson Croatia 1(2)

8. Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
What is the “next” challenge
in Telcom R&D

9. Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Next Billion Users....
... Next Billion Gigabyte

10. Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Traffic vs. Revenue by 2011
Revenue, BUSD
Traffic
Million Terabyte
Mobile Voice
Mobile Data
Fixed Voice
Fixed Internet
IPTV
The three Screens integration
Assumptions: Mobile TV combined with Mobile Data
Corporate Data Services split 50/50 on Mobile Data and Fixed Internet
Entertainment, Media and Advertising put under IPTV

11. Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Cooperation with Universities: “strategic choice to have the right competence at right time for the Market”

12. Competence flows with the Universities
Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Competence flows with the Universities
Universities
Research Departments
students  professionals
knowledge  results
Ericsson
Design Center
Research
Cooperation
FER (5 research projects)
FESB (1 research project)
Common technology and scientific domestic and international projects.

13. Ericsson Croatia: the Summer Research Camp experience
Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Ericsson Croatia: the Summer Research Camp experience
Attraction of best students and their involvement in real case projects
Established since 7 years
~ 150 students (ZTEL, ZEMRIS)
Mentors from ETK and professors and assistants from FER
Use to be 5 weeks during Summer – July, August, September
In 2007 we got 21 students dealing with IP state of the art system technology

14. Engineering “stuff production”
Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Engineering “stuff production”
China is today the largest producer of engineering graduates in the world, with some 600,000 passing out of its colleges and universities last year
According to the All India Council for Technical Education, India produced 401,791 engineers in , 35% being computer engineers. In , the number of engineering graduates increased to 464,743, of which 31% were computer engineers ( )
Compared to India and China, the United States produces “only” 70,000 engineering graduates every year.
All of Europe produces just 100,000
Croatia – about 800 Electrical Engineering & Computing graduates every year
These are the numbers and what it will make the difference is the
“quality” that in this case means “HIGH LEVEL COMPETENCE”

15. Career path in industrial environment
Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Career path in industrial environment
Project manager
Technical expert
Line manager

16. Our expectation from newcomer
Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Our expectation from newcomer
What we expect that the newcomer will be capable after finishing study
Technical knowledge
Telcom Systems and protocols
New IP trends and its application (VoIP)
SW languages and programming
Business understanding
Economy and Scale
Understand change
Business shifting/drving factors
Understand project environment
Team work
Communication skills
English language
Technical writing
Working enviroment awareness
On job training (i.e. Summer camps or similar)

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Conclusion

18. Bologna process - ICT Industry expectations
Competence as key element to ensure Successful Projects The field experience
Tangible aspects
Clear & Realistic Goals
Stable Customer and System Requirements
Right Resources with Right Competence
Total Quality in the design (First Time Right)
Untangeable aspetcs:
Engagement and Commitment in the teams
Clear authority and responsibility among the different roles
Always have the Customer expectation in focus (Business mind)
Communication

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