Strengths

Skills and expertise

  • 11 of Scotland’s universities are active in wireless and communications technologies in the region - 3 of them feature in the top 20 of ‘The Times Good Universities Guide 2010’, scoring particularly high in the ‘quality of R&D’ category
  • Scotland has a track record of attracting R&D activities from a number of leading companies engaged in Wireless & Communcation activity, such as ST Microelectronics, National Semiconductor, and Xilinx
  • Skilfull resources include over 600 companies in telecommunications, employing almost 13,000 people - this is supported by a student population of over 6,500 in wireless-related fields

Supportive infrastructure

  • A growing eco-system of indigenous SME companies are engaged in wireless technologies, with particular specialisation in mobile technology innovation in applications, content, and services
  • Scotland has 44 of the top 1,000 companies in the UK for R&D investment
  • Available infrastructure and support includes leading-edge innovation/incubation centres, 15 science parks embedded in University research centres and extensive funding available for companies
  • Interactive Scotland [LINK] has built a network of partners (mobile operators, handset manufacturers, broadcasters and application developers) that directly align to client needs