How Did I Create the ADSL Initiative at Bellcore in 1987? and The Lessons I have learned since then!

By

T. Russell Hsing ( 幸 多 ) Class of EP 1970, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan

1. How the ADSL project was initialized and created under the Bellcore Research working environment? 2. How to choose the “right” research topic when this initiative is started? 3. How to choose academic and industrial R & D partners?4. How to work with the International Standards Committee?5. How to work with the global service providers and operators to push this high-speed DSL services forward?6. How to commercialize the ADSL from a laboratory prototype to the real commercial products “at the right time”? Oct.6, 2009

TARC-TW: Lab Space and Research Staff

Office– Located in Nankang Software Science Park– 350 sqm of lab and office space, including conference,

computing and communication facilities Staff

– PhD and MS graduates of National Chiao Tung University, U of Maryland, NTU, U of Texas, NYU, SUNY, and Sydney University

TARC-TW Strategy and Vision Objectives

– Combine Telcordia know-how and brand name with the well-educated workforce and the manufacturing capabilities in Taiwan to develop next generation technologies, prototypes, patents portfolio and new business opportunities

– Concentrate on the Asian market (eg.The Great China Exconomic Zone) – Help the transition of Taiwanese industry from OEM/ODM-based economy

(low-profit margins) into knowledge-based economy (high-profit margins) Strategy

– Develop next generation core IP technology and prototypes in collaboration with local research institutes and industry in Taiwan

– Generate Intellectual Property to protect the investment– Develop advanced products to establish a leading position in the market

Execution– US: initial project planning, organization, and integration– Taiwan: R&D collaboration and execution between TARC-TW, ICL, and III– Frequent exchange visits among researchers in TARC-TW (Taiwan), TARC-PL (Poznan, Poland) and TARC-US (New Jersey)