The Centre for Converged IP (Internet Protocol) based Communications Services (3CS) was established by the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) with funding from Enterprise Ireland under its Applied Research Enhancement fund, to undertake applied research and development in the area of converged Internet and Telecommunications services. 3CS is associated with the TSSG (Telecommunications Software and Systems Group) at WIT and Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS (formerly GMD Institute FOKUS) in Berlin, Germany.

3CS has 12 active research projects and 40 full time researches working on converged services research and development. 3CS is based at WIT’s Innovation Centre at Carriganore, Waterford.