 come under the umbrella of EPS and we are seeing a huge R&D investment from vendors and trial executions from the operators. Technology Management 12.2.1.5 Stage 5 - Implementation and Delivery Finally, there is the implementation and management of the selected technology. The key activities that are performed by the operators at this stage are network planning, resource planning, roles and responsibilities planning, determining ways of communication between the parties involved in the process, prescribing implementation procedures (including site acquisition), monitoring progress and launching the product or the solution. The vendor community, including third parties, will be involved in site acquisition, civil works of radio towers, end to end integration, testing, and SO on. Thus, it is important that all the stages are carefully executed as described above. In doing so, the development of a technology strategy can be carried out within a collaborative environment between all the departments of a company and between the different players of the industry. And thus different technological decisions made will be aligned with the company's overall strategic goals. Technology Development Technology Development consists of basic and applied research, practical solution development, and technology enhancement. Technologies are utilized during product development, but on a wider scale than a single product or product family. Technological innovations can be also patented and offer intellectual property rights (IPR) for sale. The term can also include technology acquisition and transfer processes. Technology transfer is the movement of technological capability (artifacts, information, rights, and services) within a company or from a company to another company. The ways of technology acquisition are multiple; it can take the form of internal R&D, joint venturing, contracting out for R&D, licensing in, or buying technology [1,6]. A good example is the development of chipsets in 3G cellular technologies. Qualcomm is the 