Demand-side 3C pilot demonstrators on converged Telco Edge Cloud Infrastructure (IA)
Demand-side driven validation of open orchestration platforms across the telco-cloud edge continuum unlocking notably the transformative value of AI for European businesses, driving business growth in multiple industries strategic for Europe. Enabling the path towards sustainability and competitiveness of key vertical sectors in the EU, exploiting the innovative features of 3C/ telco-edge-cloud, including network…
Funding and competition
- 2grants expected (official)
- €19MEU contribution per project
- €6Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 85projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telefonica Innovacion Digital Sl Madrid | Spain | Company | 20 | 2 | INCLUDE, EURO-3C, SOVEREIGN-6G |
| Atos It Solutions And Services Iberia Sl Madrid | Spain | Company | 13 | 0 | NEPHELE, EDGELESS, ICOS |
| Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid Getafe (Madrid) | Spain | University | 6 | 1 | EURO-3C, PRIME-6G, CyberNEMO |
| Fundacio Privada I2Cat, Internet I Innovacio Digital A Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 8 | 2 | SOVEREIGN-6G, 3C4AI, COGNIFOG |
| Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | University | 9 | 1 | ICOS, SESAME, NECOS |
| Atos Spain Sa Madrid | Spain | Company | 9 | 4 | ICOS, SESAME, NEMO |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 6 | 2 | aerOS, COP-PILOT, ASSIST-IoT |
| Centre Tecnologic De Telecomunicacions De Catalunya Castelldefels Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 0 | EURO-3C, PRIME-6G, 6G-CATS |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 17partners (median)
- 9countries (median)
- 33%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- INCLUDE – INtegrated CLoud, Edge, and DEvice Stakeholder Alignment (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-09)
- EURO-3C – EUROpean 3C Networks for Secure Telco-Cloud-Edge (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-08)
- SovereignEdge.Cognit – A Cognitive Serverless Framework for the Cloud-Edge Continuum (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-02)
- SOVEREIGN-6G – Unified Service Platform Over multi-VEndor Telco Cloud InfrastRuctures, ExposInG beyond ConNectivity services in 6G networks (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-JU-SNS-2025-01-STREAM-C-01)
- CoAgent – Cognitive Computing Continuum for Large-Scale Distributed GenAI Agents (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DATA-02)
- aerOS – Autonomous, scalablE, tRustworthy, intelligent European meta Operating System for the IoT edge-cloud continuum (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-05)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.