ACTICOM GMBH

Their core work

ACTICOM is a Berlin-based technology SME working at the intersection of wireless communications engineering and applied security systems. Their project portfolio spans secure network coding for energy-efficient next-generation mobile small cells and the development of wireless multimodal biometric scanning devices for automated passenger verification at land and sea borders. As an industry partner in EU research consortia, they contribute hands-on system integration and hardware development expertise that translates academic research into functional prototypes. Their core value proposition sits where wireless connectivity serves as the enabling layer for physical security and identification applications.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

ACTICOM's first H2020 project (SECRET, 2017-2020) was anchored in wireless infrastructure — specifically network coding and energy efficiency for mobile small cells, indicating a base in telecoms systems engineering. Their second project (eBORDER, 2020-2024) made a clear pivot toward applied security and biometric identification, introducing facial recognition, fingerprint scanning, and data fusion as core topics. The trajectory is consistent: wireless expertise did not disappear but became the delivery mechanism for a higher-value application layer in border security and identity management.

ACTICOM is moving toward applied security systems that package wireless connectivity with biometric identification — a commercially active space driven by EU border management mandates and growing demand from transport operators and public authorities.

How they like to work

ACTICOM has never led an H2020 project, consistently joining as a technical partner — a pattern that suggests they prefer focused implementation contributions over consortium administration. Their participation in two MSCA schemes (a training network and a researcher exchange programme) indicates comfort with hosting early-stage researchers and engaging in structured knowledge transfer with academic groups. With 8 partners across 6 countries and no repeated consortia visible in the data, they appear to operate as a flexible specialist that adapts to different partnership configurations.

ACTICOM has collaborated with 8 distinct partners across 6 countries — a small but internationally spread network consistent with participation in MSCA mobility programmes rather than large industrial consortia. Their geographic footprint aligns naturally with the Schengen border security context of their most recent project.

What sets them apart

ACTICOM occupies a rare niche as an SME that genuinely combines wireless communications engineering with applied biometric security — capabilities that rarely sit together in a single small company. Their track record in MSCA training networks makes them a practical industry host for academic groups needing non-academic partners in Germany. For consortium builders targeting border management, passenger verification, or secure wireless infrastructure, they bring prototype-level implementation capacity that pure research institutes typically cannot provide.

Highlights from their portfolio

• eBORDER
  The most commercially specific project in their portfolio — a wireless multimodal biometric scanner targeting real border agency procurement, directly aligned with EU Schengen border management technology requirements.
• SECRET
  Demonstrates ACTICOM's wireless infrastructure foundations, covering secure network coding for 5G small cells at a time when this was an open research problem — establishing the technical base their later security work builds on.