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Case Study | Verizon Innovation Center

Verizon Innovation Center Waltham, MA

Overview

Verizon Wireless fosters creativity and technical innovation at numerous locations throughout the United States where engineers and developers can create and build a new generation of connected products. These innovation centers feature state-of-the-art labs, on-site technical expertise from Verizon engineers, and all the capabilities needed to make ideas a reality. When Verizon wanted to build an innovation center in Waltham, MA to focus on 4G LTE technology, they worked with the architecture firm Nelson, design firm Downstream, and GES. GES fabricated partner kiosks and vignettes as innovative as Verizon’s technology.

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Case Study | Verizon Innovation Center

Objectives

• Showcase new technologies in an atmosphere that inspires engineers to innovate.

• Create collaborative work spaces to allow for exploration of products, technologies and services.

• Highlight products from Verizon’s partner companies Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Cisco and Samsung Mobile.

Solutions

• The team created and fabricated a unique environment to host engagements with customers and industry thought leaders to highlight 4G LTE technology and solutions.

• Flexible and easily changeable work spaces were created to allow engineers the freedom to shift focus among industries as needed.

• Partner products were featured around the room on kiosks and included imagery, descriptions and videos.

Results

• Within just a few months, more than 30 products were developed and demonstrated in the Innovation Center, as well as at industry trade shows and client presentations.

• Verizon employees, clients and media were excited and stimulated by the new environment and the resulting collaborations reinforced Verizon’s decisions to develop such a state-of-the-art destination.