The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is a European public-private partnership, established in 2021 (as a successor to the 5G-PPP) with a total budget of 1.8 billion euros, which funds research and innovation for 6G technologies and accelerates 5G deployment. It pools resources from the public and private sector with a view to placing Europe at the forefront of 6G research & standardization.

6G Industry Association (6G-IA) is the highly influential body that represents the industry (the private side) towards the European Commission (the public side) within SNS-JU. 6G-IA is the “voice of European Industry and Research,” has its seat in Brussels, and provides recommendations to European policymakers on EU digital technologies priorities, standardization, frequency spectrum, R&D projects, technology skills, and collaboration with key vertical industry sectors (including large-scale demos and testing facilities). It also plays the leadership role in defining the Work Programmes (i.e. areas where EU money will be spent).

Over the years, SRUK Communication Standards staff have held multiple leadership positions in key strategic organizations and committees within the mobile telcos ecosystem, including 3GPP, ETSI, GSA, and GSMA. Following the Board elections held on 16 March 2026, where SRUK Communication Standards Lab, Milos Tesanovic, was elected to the Board for a 3-year term, SRUK Communication Standards will now additionally be providing a member of the 6G-IA Governing Board. SRUK has been a long-standing, committed contributor to 5G-PPP and then SNS JU work, and this includes Milos’s own active involvement in 5G-PPP back in the early days of 5G, where he led on behalf of Samsung the Work Package on 5G Air Interface design within the flagship 5G EU project METIS-II.