Cisco, Juniper Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs and Ericsson were selected to participate in the centers, which will employ a "speed dating" approach to bring commercial products and services quickly to market.
AT&T has announced the creation of three innovation centers, employing a fast-paced approach aimed at bringing commercial products and services quickly to market.
AT&T said the new centers will be located in Plano, Texas, near the firm's headquarters as well as in Palo Alto and Ra'anana near Tel Aviv, Israel. Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs and Ericsson were chosen to participate in the centers and Cisco and Juniper Networks have been selected to participate as infrastructure providers and collaborators.
The new centers are a far cry from the old AT&T's Bell Labs where scientists labored for years on individual projects and collected numerous Nobel Prizes along the way. AT&T said the new innovation centers will draw on the experience of venture capitalists and developers to quickly advance "ideas from inception to commercial applications."
AT&T also has a major R&D group, AT&T Labs, whose scientists conduct basic research and continue the innovation process at the company.
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