Innovation through gaming

Stephane Berghmans

Offering a Wealth of Technology Platforms

Serving Large Attractive Markets

Having Extensive Global Resources around the globe

Transportation Communications EnergyConsumerProducts

IndustrialEquipment

Aerospace& Defense

Connectors Fiber Optics Touch Systems Circuit Protecti on WirelessSealing

Medical

Precision Cable

7,000 EngineersClose to our Customers

5,000 Salespeople Advising our Customers

150 Countries Served & Supported

TE is a World Leader enabling Connectivity

97 Manufacturing SitesServing Every Region

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Telecom Networks End-to-end Fiber Connectivity

Fiber to the Antenna

Fiber Backhaul Accessories

Optical Distribution Frames

Fiber Enabled Outdoor DAS

Closures & Terminals

Subsea Communications

Structured Cabling Solution

Fiber Management System

Active Optical Cable*

Fiber to the Chip (in R&D)*

Fiber Enabled Indoor DAS

Fiber Distribution Node

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Central Office

Telecom Carrier Central Office / Head End

Single Family Homes with FTTH

Streaming Video / VoD

Data/ Gaming

Wireless Base Station

Mobile voice and data users

Data Center/Enterprise

Stadium / Public Location

Multi-Dwelling Units

Concentrated base of 3G video, data and voice users

Stadium / Public Location

Data/ Gaming

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Landing site Landing site

Concentrated base of 3G video, data and voice users

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Streaming Video / VoD

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Telecom Networks Market

Fiber-To-The-Home

Broadband rollout

Wireless networks

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Why Innovate when you’re a world leading Company?

TE invests in Technology

• R&D budget ~5% sales/jaar

• 26% sales = nieuwe producten (>3 jaar)

• 14,000+ patenten ‘issued’ of ‘pending’

(US$ in millions)

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Innovation @ TE

Gaming

Internal Networking

ExternalNetworking

Image of the competition – connecting minds

Gaming

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TalentsInvestors

Entrepreneurs

Winning teams

Implementation&

25000 $

Worldwide for TE Telecom Networks

Goal?Two parallel competitions

New business generationProductivity improvement

Who?

Timing

“Awareness” campagne

Posters

IntranetMailings

Popup Leaflets

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Dynamics of the investments

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Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways

or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea,

or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.

Steve Jobs

We worried when people were going to “play the game”

Variety of the ideas

Evolution over time - Ventures

Geographical Spread

Spread over Disciplines

150,000,000 virtual cash invested

2Winners

89ventures 57

investors2500 messages sent

571 paticipants

Lessons Learned

Monitor

Taal

Language

SpracheSpracheSpracheSpracheIdioma

Regions = Cultures

Conclusions

Timing is key Reward participants

Great ideas will bubble up Create a continuum