COSMOTE KINITES TILEPIKOINONIES MONOPROSOPI AE

Their core work

COSMOTE is Greece's leading mobile network operator, part of the OTE Group (Deutsche Telekom). In H2020, they served as an industrial testbed and integration partner for 5G network research — providing real-world mobile infrastructure for validating next-generation architectures, from optical-wireless backhaul to network slicing and edge computing. They also contributed mobile connectivity and sensor data platforms to two digital health projects focused on Parkinson's disease detection and childhood obesity prevention.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early projects (2015-2017) split between foundational 5G network research (backhaul, cloud-RAN, programmability) and an unexpected foray into digital health through mobile sensing for Parkinson's and obesity. From 2017 onward, they consolidated sharply around 5G — moving from basic infrastructure (5G-XHaul, CHARISMA) to increasingly applied use cases like network slicing, edge computing, and drone communications. The health projects appear to have been opportunistic rather than strategic, as they were not followed up.

COSMOTE is moving from building 5G infrastructure toward validating it for specific vertical industries (drones, UAV management), making them a strong partner for applied 5G trials in any sector.

How they like to work

COSMOTE participated exclusively as a partner — never coordinating — across all 11 projects, which is typical for a large telecom operator providing infrastructure and real-world testbed access rather than driving research agendas. With 132 unique partners across 24 countries, they operate as a well-connected but non-leading node in large European consortia. Their value to a consortium is clear: they bring a live commercial mobile network for validation, not academic research capacity.

Extensive European network with 132 unique partners across 24 countries, built primarily through large 5G research consortia. Their reach reflects the broad, multi-country composition typical of major EU telecom infrastructure projects.

What sets them apart

As Greece's dominant mobile operator, COSMOTE offers something most research partners cannot: access to a live, commercial-grade mobile network for testing and validating 5G technologies at scale. This makes them an essential partner for any consortium that needs to move from lab simulations to real-world 5G trials. Their track record across seven distinct 5G projects also means they bring deep integration experience and established relationships with Europe's leading telecom research groups.

Highlights from their portfolio

• 5G!Drones
  Their largest-funded project (EUR 342,500) and most application-specific — combining 5G network slicing with UAV traffic management, signaling their move toward vertical industry use cases.
• 5GENESIS
  A flagship 5G end-to-end experimentation platform (EUR 324,250) focused on system integration and large-scale showcasing of 5G capabilities across multiple sites.
• BigO
  An unusual departure from telecom — applying mobile data collection and big data analytics to childhood obesity prevention, demonstrating cross-sector adaptability.