We move forward on a very wide boulevard

With 50,000 jobs between groups and businesses in the information and communication technologies, Brittany has a technological capital that place in the French platoon of head of the specialty. To accompany this heavy weight of the regional economy whose potential are very important, in view of the growing extension of digital communication, Poaches, the President of the Regional Council has planned to commit EUR 12 million a year in support of the financial needs of the pole. " We move forward on a very wide boulevard. "Many technologies remain to invent for the user of the future of the mobile phone, which will be offered services of digital terrestrial television through very high-speed networks," said Gilles Bellec, the Director of Images and networks. It is the ambition of the pole, which is initial leitmotiv on networks and the uses with the development of technologies for access to "the image anywhere, anytime, on any terminal, for all".

Six research themes

Much remains to be done however, since, to date, a single major project was funded, Mobim ge for the design and implementation of interactive television services. Concentrated around six major industrial groups, with France Telecom at the top, which brings Britain more than 1,700 researchers, Images and networks, distributed on the economic of Rennes and Lannion Brest basins, welcomes to its Board of Directors Thomson 1,200 engineers in Rennes Thales, Alcatel 1,200 people in Lannion , TDF, and TF1 who is represented by TV Breizh, Breton television Group subsidiary. Fifteen other large companies, but also hundreds of small and medium-sized companies and 20 academic and academic structures are members of the association who elected home Lannion its official creation in November 2005. The choice of this city is not fortuitous. France Telecom is has a height of 1.200 centre of R & D executives and engineers where more than 100 recruitment are planned per year. In addition, Lannion went through a difficult period with the recent demise of businesses related to technologies of optical lasers more than 1,000 deleted jobs and hopes to bounce back with the work of the pole.

Work will focus on six major generic themes with the services of the string of the image, the images in mobility, networks for the image, the distribution of content, the security of networks and virtual reality. A vast programme was to organize and for which some observers would like to see an expansion of adherent groups. "It would be although the large international companies in Britain can be integrated.". "It can also imagine the arrival of other telecommunications operators," says Gilles Bellec. Jean-Pierre Coudreuse directs a research centre of the Japanese group Mitsubishi Electric, 30 engineers and researchers working on telecommunications in Rennes. "For the moment, I do not research topic for which I would need me closer to the pole.". I'm already working with France Telecom in another folder on the optical and radio funded through the Department of industry.

Whereas SMEs

Images and networks is highly anticipated by SMEs, which account for some 20,000 jobs, solely on the Technopole of Rennes Atalante. "It is a phenomenal thrust to help develop tomorrow's products", said Philippe Brittany, leader of the young company Cléode, elected with a representative of the company Teamcast to represent innovative companies to the Board of Directors of the pole. "I wear the Optim ge project presented by nine companies of the basin of Lannion to create a broadband network very accessible to the public." "It will be of the order of 10 Gigabit against 1 gigabit currently." Specialized in technologies related to optical fiber, the forces of the capital of the Trégor are all grouped in this network project where France Telecom R & D has also taken his part "Maisnous are confronted with the problem of the financing of this type of folder that can receive the support of the Ministry of industry as worn by too small companies".still the leader of Cléode, imagine to appeal to non-refundable regional aid. "We can not meet the criteria defined by Oseo Anvar in its strategy of financial advances".

Loaded to accompany the pole to the economic world, electronic, computer and telecommunications (Meito) West, led by Patrick Cosquer, Mission also wants a change in the conditions of financial support to companies. "Attention, competitiveness clusters do not patronage, it must be that companies can also make money, banking and private replies region prefect Bernadette Malgorn.". Risk taking is possible but any approach of this kind should lead to economic opportunities. "Or, in the eyes of officials of the centre for research Irisa (Rennes 530 people), specialized in computer science, considered as one of the main academic pole actors, these prospects are certainly international in scope. "Especially in the field of embedded software, where Breton skills deserve to be more valued", notes Claude Labit, its Director.

"Images and networks be labelled global and not only to global vocation, requires investing more intensely on the themes" and get better recognition of the international community, said the prefect. "We have already hired approaches," said Christiane Schwartz, the President of the pole.

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