The Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) has launched an initiative to promote innovation in the entire communications industry.

CMI's Communications Innovation Institute will unite three universities on both sides of the Atlantic with industrial partners in computing and telecommunications as well as policy-makers. Together they will tackle some of the major challenges blocking new innovation in communications technology.

With the rapid convergence of computing and communications, the communications industry must deal with disruptive changes including technical innovation, social demands and economic concerns, to move forward in a coordinated fashion. This is the motivation behind the Communications Innovation Institute (CII).

CII will develop some of the emerging technologies of the future, such as third-generation peer-to-peer systems, testing of wireless-on-optical technology and methods for tackling Internet piracy.

Social and economic issues will also be explored, as these cannot be separated from technological innovation. These will include designing roadmaps for wireless, radio frequency spectrum and broadband usage.

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