[Fiware] Joint communication from Telefonica and the FIWARE Foundation

[Juanjo Hierro]

Dear all,

   On behalf of Rosalía Simón from Telefónica and Ulrich Ahle, CEO of 
the FIWARE Foundation, let me share with you the following important 
communication.

   The Board of Officers of the FIWARE Foundation (Ulrich Ahle, Stefano 
de Panfilis or myself) will be happy to answer any question you may have.


      Joint communication from Telefonica and the FIWARE Foundation:

Dear members of the FIWARE Community,

   The Future Internet Public-Private Partnership Programme (FI-PPP) was 
launched by the EC in 2011 with the mission to accelerate the 
development and adoption of Smart Applications and Services by means of 
creating a sustainable innovation-driven ecosystem around the FIWARE 
open source Platform. In 2016, and with the empowerment of the EC, Atos, 
Engineering, Orange and Telefonica led the next key step to push FIWARE 
forward with the creation of the FIWARE Foundation with headquarters in 
Berlin. The main aim of the Foundation is to ensure the continuity of 
the technology and bring support to the Community. It will carry out 
this mission by involving additional industrial partners that will 
contribute to the support and evolution of the technology, fostering the 
adoption of the technology among developers and integrators of solutions 
and stimulating the demand of Powered by FIWARE solutions among end users.

   In 2017, Telefónica is moving Smart Cities from Innovation to 
Commercialization. Consequently, as of 28th of February, Telefónica 
stopped its funded contribution to H2020 projects. This decision is in 
order to preserve the budget required by the new partners being on 
boarded. Telefónica will support the transition to the recipient 
beneficiaries. The FIWARE Foundation will be among this beneficiaries 
allowing the Foundation to further increase its team and the ability to 
support the Community.  Telefonica will also remain part of the FIWARE 
Foundation as Founding Member, supporting the growth of an open FIWARE 
community.

   As part of this transition, and in consistency with this spirit of 
openness, we will be invoking elections to the positions held by 
Telefonica in bodies like the FIWARE TSC so leadership is open to 
members of the wider FIWARE community. This will be carried out together 
with a restructuring of chapters in FIWARE, which will be better aligned 
with the priorities of the FIWARE roadmap.   These actions will be 
coordinated by Juanjo Hierro, in its role of chairman of the TSC and 
Chief Technology Officer of the FIWARE Foundation.

   Best Regards,

JuanjoHierroEmailSignature
*Rosalía Simón Navarro*
	
	*Ulrich Ahle*
Director, Telefónica CCDO.
Member of the BoD, FIWARE Foundation 	
	*CEO**
**FIWARE Foundation*


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