A total budget of €130-140 million is published across the different Horizon 2020 work programmes of calls for proposals for PCP (pre-commercial procurement) and PPI (public procurement of innovative solutions) projects.
Through Innovation support through public procurement actions (ICT 27 b) pilot deployment of software-defined optics in backbone networks are expected.
Equip the networks of Public network operators (e.g., NRENs) with novel Software Defined Optical Networking technologies (from component level to system and network level) using first commercial hardware and software to transport high traffic volumes to demanding customers in a dynamic way.
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