A multi-million pound investment in telecommunications research was announced today at
by Andrew Davies, Minister for Economic Development and Transport.
The £30m Institute of Advanced Telecommunications (IAT) is a collaboration between the Welsh Assembly Government, Swansea University and a wide range of the world's leading multinational telecommunications companies, including Marconi, Sony, IBM, ALPS, BT and Agilent.
Construction giant Laing O'Rourke and Traffic Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government's traffic information service, are also key partners.
IAT will be based at
It will have 40 full time academic staff, including six professors, with a further 200 staff and researchers expected within the next three years.
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