"The India-UK Advanced Technology Centre (IU-ATC) of excellence in next generation networks systems and services is a virtual joint research initiative which will put in place a focused agenda to support collaborative Ph.D, Post Doctorate projects and joint research programs, and technology transfer between the UK and India". "The IU-ATC consortium gratefully acknowledge the core funding it has received from the Research Councils UK Digital Economy Programme managed by EPSRC and the matched funding received from the Indian Government Department of Science and Technology for Phase 1 of this project".