FUJITSU LABORATORIES OF EUROPE LIMITED

Their core work

Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe is the European R&D arm of Fujitsu, one of Japan's largest IT companies. They focus on applied research in ICT domains including telecommunications infrastructure, IoT platforms, and smart grid technologies. Their H2020 participation targeted the intersection of connectivity and intelligent services — from small cell networks for 5G to smart tagging systems for connected objects and ICT-enabled energy grid management.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

With only three projects spanning 2015–2018, meaningful evolution is difficult to establish. Their earliest projects (2015) addressed both smart energy grids and 5G small cell networks, while the slightly later TagItSmart (2016) shifted toward IoT service platforms. This suggests a trajectory from network infrastructure research toward higher-level connected services and platforms, though the sample is too small to confirm a definitive trend.

Their trajectory suggests movement from network-layer research toward application-layer IoT and edge service platforms, aligning with broader industry shifts toward software-defined connected environments.

How they like to work

Fujitsu Labs Europe participated exclusively as a partner, never coordinating — consistent with a corporate R&D lab contributing specialized technical capabilities to larger consortia rather than driving project design. Across just 3 projects they accumulated 41 unique partners in 16 countries, indicating they joined large, pan-European consortia. This profile suggests they are a reliable technical contributor that brings industrial-grade ICT expertise without seeking the administrative lead.

Despite limited project count, they built connections with 41 partners across 16 countries, reflecting participation in large consortia with broad European reach. Their network spans both the energy and digital sectors.

What sets them apart

As the European research lab of a major Japanese IT corporation, they bring significant in-house engineering capacity and access to Fujitsu's global technology portfolio — resources that few academic or SME partners can match. Their cross-domain footprint spanning telecom, IoT, and energy ICT makes them a versatile partner for projects needing industrial-strength software and systems integration. However, their limited H2020 footprint (3 projects) suggests EU collaborative research was a selective rather than core activity for the lab.

Highlights from their portfolio

• TagItSmart
  Largest individual EC contribution (€354,500) and focused on smart tags for connected objects — a commercially relevant IoT application area.
• SESAME
  Addressed small cell coordination and edge services for multi-tenant 5G networks, a topic that became central to European telecom strategy.