What is FTH?
FTH is a federation of four national research hubs – TITAN, CHEDDAR, HASC and JOINER – to drive the UK’s next generation telecoms capabilities. By translating cutting-edge research into real world outcomes, we’re delivering both public value and commercial opportunity.
Our work tackles some of the most pressing challenges across the telecoms ecosystem – spanning network-of-networks architectures and all spectrum connectivity to intelligent, cloud-native systems. Through access to a national scale testbed, we’re able to trial, scale, and validate innovations in live environments. This, combined with our initiatives in skills & training development, standardisation, and IP, accelerates the journey from research and development to both impact and commercialisation.
Ultimately, our work supports national priorities in innovation, resilience, and digital infrastructure – building a stronger, smarter telecoms future for the UK.
TITAN | Network of Networks (NoN) Solutions and Technologies
Focusing on emerging seamless, intelligent and resilient Network of Networks (NoN) solutions and technologies. TITAN also facilitates the governance structure for FTH – employing a dedicated team of Commercialisation, Standardisation and Marketing Directors to drive the translation and commercialisation of research. Led by Professor Harald Haas at the University of Cambridge.
https://www.titancambridge.com/
CHEDDAR | 6G and Edge-fog-cloud Technologies
Researching 6G technologies that support edge-fog-cloud continuum of computation. Led by Professor Julie McCann at Imperial College London.
HASC | Wired and Wireless Internet Technologies
Focusing on how to combine wired and wireless internet technologies to achieve end-to-end connectivity. Led by Professor Dominic O’Brien at the University of Oxford.
JOINER | National Experimentation Platform
A national platform for testing and scaling future communication technologies. Led by Professor Dimitra Simeonidou at the University of Bristol.
FTH is focused on cross-sector collaboration – if you are a policymaker, government official or industry representative interested in telecoms innovation, get in contact today.
