Mission & Objectives

Bell University Laboratories

Founded in 1998, the Bell University Labs program is Bell Canada's most important commitment to university R&D. Unique and innovative, the program is aimed at implementing research projects that bring together Bell professionals, university researchers and students within multi-disciplinary teams. Bell University Labs forge special partnerships with universities in order to encourage avant-garde projects that explore new perspectives, resolve concrete problems and create new applications and ideas for the future. Their mandate is to encourage research projects that are of interest to Bell, its employees, and, ultimately its customers. As such, the Bell University Labs promote the development of Canadian universities and pave the way for discoveries that meet the communication needs of the community.

Objectives

The initiatives of Bell University Labs seek to:

• Maintain Bell's leadership in telecommunications;
• Address current technological challenges in order to build the new Bell;
• Develop innovative solutions through relevant market applications, and by extension, improve the customer experience by developing value-added products;
• Help train highly qualified professionals by exposing them to concrete information and communications technology (ICT) problems;
• Develop new perspectives and monitor industry trends;
• Step up the use of research for the benefit of the public by multiplying the opportunities for knowledge transfer between universities, the community and the ICT sector;
• Expand the research capacity of Canadian universities by identifying key research needs and the most dynamic partnerships;
• Create value for investors through innovations that make it possible to improve Bell's operating efficiency.

Bell University Labs seek to achieve these objectives by pooling researchers in the university community with the practical knowledge of Bell's professionals.

• Download the BUL brochure (PDF 1.5 MB - Apr 13, 2010)