Find the SME you need!
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have an important role to play in developing, piloting and deploying 5G technologies to address the needs of various vertical sectors. The 5G PPP is aiming at 20% participation from SMEs in the projects. It is important to provide industry and academia with a simple view of what expertise and skills SMEs can bring in terms of 5G innovation and knowledge of vertical sectors. You can find SMEs offering for the 5G-PPP and for 5G in general on the FIND THE SME YOU NEED web page
Support to SMEs
Welcome to the NetWorld2020 page dedicated to the SMEs involved or interested in telecommunications networks and services! We hope to provide you with relevant information and services in relation to H2020 and more specifically to the 5G Public-Private Partnership, and more generally to the involvement of SMEs in 5G.
This page is handled by the NetWorld2020 “SME Working Group” that has been officially endorsed by the NetWorld2020 Steering Board on 27 June 2014 in Bologna.
The SME Working Group is the voice of the NetWorld2020 SME community, as well as the networking place for the NetWorld2020 SME community. Its main objectives are:
How to join the NetWorld2020 SME Working Group and contribute?
Joining NetWorld2020 SME working group is easy and takes only a few minutes:
- Ask NetWorld2020 Membership by filling the application form (if you are not already a member)
- Click here to send an email requesting to be part of the SME Working Group
Welcome to the community!
2019 SME brochure available
A brandy new version of the SME brochure is now available in June 2019. This version stresses not only the expertise of SMEs in 5G and related technological domains but also in vertical sectors. The brochure has been completely redesigned and revamped. Its title is “European SME Expertise in 5G and Beyond”. It is available for download here.
SME Newsletters:
8 April 2019 – Download Newsletter #4, SME Statistics 5G PPP Call ICT-18-2018
6 September 2018 – Download Newsletter #3, SME Statistics 5G PPP Call ICT-17-2018 v3
14 January 2016 – Download Newsletter #2, Annex #2, 5G-PPP SME mapping
5 June 2015 – Download Newsletter #1
10 December 2014 – Download Newsletter
Other relevant links
SMEs in H2020 http://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/index_en.cfm and http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/area/smes
Information for SMEs willing to participate in H2020 – https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/sme_participation.html
SME instrument: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/sme-instrument-0
Eurostars joint EU-EUREKA programme for high-tech SMEs: https://www.eurostars-eureka.eu/