 and those needs to be linked with product development [8]. The mobile communications industry in its current form mainly conducts applied research. The applied research is designed to solve practical problems of the modern world, rather than to acquire knowledge for knowledge's sake as in the case of basic research. Next Generation Mobile Communications Ecosystem 12.3.1 Organizational Aspects The organization that is responsible for technology development could be hierarchically bureaucratic in nature or could be a dynamic task force type of organization. Both types of organizations might not be suited for technology development first one due to red tape environment and second one since it mainly focuses on short term activities. One possible solution as proposed in [9] is to form a hybrid organization which is based on a hierarchical structure that operates according to well-defined processes. The task force which is responsible for example, technology and product development activities operate parallel to the bureaucratic structure. When looking at an organization from a technology development perspective, one of the most important characteristics of an organization should be the good support it provides for the roadmap definition process. In practice this means that an organization has the capability to collect and process, focused, detailed, reliable and up-to-date information for the purpose of supporting the roadmap definition process. A certain level of hierarchy in an organization guarantees the gradual filtering, analysis and synthesis of the information during the interactive roadmap planning process. The management of technology development is responsible for the management of technical knowl- edge creation and for maintaining existing and generating new technical competencies. Knowledge creation in an organization is closely related to organizational learning and the organization's capability to change and deal with uncertain environments through adaptation and active interaction. Figure 12.3 shows a