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Reaching TRL 9 isn’t the end of innovation — it’s the beginning of adoption. Bridge Connect explores how integration, commercialisation and resilience frameworks ensure that proven technologies achieve scalable, sustainable value across telecoms and critical infrastructure.

Bridge Connect explores how to turn Technology Readiness Levels into a risk management system. Learn how TRLs help executives and investors align capital, governance and delivery across complex technology lifecycles — reducing uncertainty from concept to operational deployment.

Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) provide a universal framework for assessing innovation maturity. This Bridge Connect analysis explains how TRLs guide boards, investors and policymakers in aligning strategy, funding and governance with technological reality — transforming innovation management into measurable risk intelligence.

IP litigation is now a competitive weapon, not just a legal cost. This article shows boards how to monitor IP risk, prepare governance frameworks, and even use litigation offensively to strengthen their strategic position.

Patent pools simplify SEP licensing but can significantly affect cost structures. Learn how boards can manage royalty exposure, negotiate favourable terms, and turn SEP strategy into a competitive advantage.

Introduction – Patents Are the New Spectrum Spectrum grabs headlines, but patents quietly dictate who profits from each new generation of wireless technology. For telecom boards, the hidden truth is stark: every 5G call, every IoT packet, every future 6G holographic stream is riding on technology covered by Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) — and every one of those patents represents a royalty payment. Unlike spectrum, which is finite but public, SEPs are private property. T