This report summarises the results of a study that was carried out by SCF Associates Ltd for the European Commission, Institute for Prospective and Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain. Key enabling technologies (KETs) could be a crucial part of the EU's response to the...

The objective of the study is to document the existence of innovation gaps between the EU and its main competitors in specific ICT sub-sectors - namely web services, industrial robotics and display technologies -and to explore the role of government policies in Europe's future needs for...

This report is one of a series resulting from a project entitled 'Competitiveness by Leveraging Emerging Technologies Economically' (COMPLETE), carried out by JRC-IPTS. Each of the COMPLETE studies illustrates in its own right that European companies are active on many fronts of emerging and...

Purpose – The paper aims to explore two developing display technologies, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and e‐paper, with a view to assessing their potential to disrupt existing markets and thereby offer an opportunity for European firms to play a larger role in the Information and...

This study was commissioned by DG Connect, Unit F4, Digital Economy and Skills, and Unit B4, Radio Spectrum Policy Unit, and was conducted during 2017, analysing material from surveys with national regulatory authorities (NRAs), technical standards and relevant literature. The objectives of the...

High performance and reliable networks will be the core of Europe's Digital Single Market (DSM). Increasingly, convergence of fixed and mobile networks (FMC) will form their basic foundation, essential for the next generation of 5G networks, to support broadband services, both fixed and mobile....

Purpose – Aims to present a pragmatic method for long‐term forecasting and to illustrate its usage with the results of a recent case study to forecast future demand for mobile communications services. Design/methodology/approach – A scenario construction methodology is explained in detail....

The objective of the study is to document the existence of innovation gaps between the EU and its main competitors in specific ICT sub-sectors – namely web services, industrial robotics and display technologies –and to explore the role of government policies in Europe’s future needs for...