T-Labs

Our current research areas are: Future Networks, Spatial Computing and Decentralized Systems. Co-Research is the key mission for the team, with the vision of achieving a superior customer experience and exploring disruptive technologies for future telecommunications infrastructures. From our base in Berlin we are cooperating with multiple universities in Germany, Europe, Israel and globally.

Decentralized Systems

This research area deals with the distribution of authority over data among multiple players and making intermediaries obsolete. Corporations and individuals alike have recognized the immense potential of distributed ledger technologies, which enable the decentralization, transparency and integrity of data, while significantly increasing efficiency at the same time. The goal is to enable trust without dependence on a single trusted party. Some applied use cases T-Labs are dealing with in this area are digital identities, digital business processes, digital asset management and crypto-economics. We aim to look at technology in context, i.e. developing legal frameworks, economic models, use cases, and governance structures.

Spatial Computing

Spatial Computing is focused on enabling advanced user interaction, at higher standards for various customer segments by using the next generation XR technologies and human-computer interfaces. Our activities in smart media provide a seamless and consistent experience while using Deutsche Telekom products and services. In cooperation with our partners and academia we design and develop optimized backend architecture for modern UI technologies like digital twins and 3D models for private and industrial environments. We leverage smart gathering, processing and delivery of data based on AI technologies as the context information for XR solutions. Our mission as innovators, researchers and developers is to create an exciting, immersive world for our customers!

Future Networks

Telecommunications networks belong to the most complex structures in modern industrial societies. The techno-economic evolution of these networks along the principles of decentralization, disaggregation and automation defies classical deterministic system analysis. It is driven by technological progress, notably the emergent world of quantum computing. Consequently, mastership of data-driven algorithmic approaches for optimized operation and preemptive cybersecurity in telecommunication systems become more and more important and must be achieved by large-scale operators such as Deutsche Telekom. This competence area is denoted as Artificial Intelligence. Its application to well-defined techno-economic contexts such as Open RAN, cybersecurity, quantum technology and radio network technology of the next generation (“6G”) is in the focus of T-Labs.