End: 30/06/2029
Funding: European
Status: On going
Packet Optical Networks and Services (PONS)
Acronym: EURO-3C
Code: 101297599
EURO-3C (EUROpean 3C Networks for Secure Telco-Cloud-Edge) realises the European Connected Collaborative Computing Networks (3CN) vision by establishing the first large-scale, federated, open and sovereign pan-European pilot infrastructure for converged Telco-Edge-Cloud services.
The project addresses the under-served needs of key EU vertical sectors for secure, sovereign, high-performance and competitive 3CN services. It builds a multi-vendor, multi-domain pilot infrastructure on six research and innovation pillars: Telco-Cloud Convergence, Multi-level Federation, Interoperable XaaS Services, AI-enabled Orchestration, Security by Design/Zero Trust, and Business Sustainability. More than 70 production edge nodes across over 13 countries and 15 infrastructure providers will be evolved towards the delivery of high added-value interoperable telco-edge-cloud services, unlocking new economies of scale. The value proposition is validated through nine business-relevant use cases in sectors such as automotive, transport, energy and PPDR. The project advances key standards and open frameworks (3GPP, ETSI, GSMA Operator Platform) and open-source communities including Sylva, Nephio, Anuket and CAMARA, and is aligned with EU initiatives such as IPCEI-CIS/MECT, the SNS JU streams, EuroHPC/AI Factories and the Open Internet Stack.
Coordinated by Telefónica Innovación Digital, EURO-3C gathers 87 leading telcos, vendors, cloud providers, industrial end-users, SMEs, AI and security specialists and research organisations, with a budget of €75 million over three years (July 2026 – June 2029).
CTTC contributes its expertise in software-defined networking, network and service orchestration, and AI-driven network automation, together with its experimental facilities, supporting the design, integration and validation of the EURO-3C federated infrastructure.
Project website: https://euro-3c.eu/
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