The future of mobile computing: R&D activities in the state of Bremen

Mobile computing is a key technology of the 21 century – and a main focus of research activities in Bremen. The Mobile Research Center (MRC) comprises an interdisciplinary research unit gathering 140 researchers, and a market oriented transfer unit. With emphasis on mobile business and work processes, the MRC shows mobile solutions in its own demonstration centre which is jointly operated with the mobile solution group, a local network of 40+ enterprises. Bremen promotes itself as the mobile city, a trade mark standing for innovation and coping in innovative ways with the necessary structural changes in economy – away from heavy industries into a serviceand communications-oriented economy.