Telecom Lead Team: The ng Connect Program, founded
by Alcatel-Lucent, announced ten new Collaborating Members who are coming
together to develop the next generation connected experience with the creation
of innovative new service concepts.
The ng Connect Program also recently included the Gravity
Center with locations already open in Plano, TX and Villarceaux, France.
The Gravity Center is Alcatel-Lucent’s first technology
company accelerator. The Gravity Center provides residents with business
infrastructure, educational and mentoring support.
ng Connect also now includes Alcatel-Lucent’s customer
innovation efforts, allowing customers the opportunity to collaborate and offer
input on ng Connect service concepts from development to commercialization.
“ng Connect is the innovation brand developing new
business models through the creation of service concepts, working with the next
generation of innovators and the CEOs of tomorrow at the Gravity Center, as
well as with our customers to deliver a new user experience. Collaboration is
the key to realizing exciting new ideas, and we look forward to the next
chapter of ng Connect as we extend and enrich the innovation capabilities of ng
Connect and all the companies involved,” said Jason Collins, Head of ng Connect
and Vice President of Emerging Technology and Innovation at Alcatel-Lucent.
The new ng Connect Program members include Framework
Interactive Technologies (F.I.T.), Fitting Reality, MetaWatch – a spin-off
of Fossil Inc.’s connected watch business, NeuAer, Proxomo, Shanghai OnStar,
Stupeflix, Swirl, Tombolo Interactive and Zephyr Technology.
Alcatel-Lucent is also showcasing cloud-based service concepts created by the
ng Connect Program at CES 2012.
