The SONG project was formed in 2001, when research team of Mobile Communications and Computing Laboratory (MCL) at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE) joined the Inter-University Centre for Telecommunications and Informatics (ETIK). ETIK consists of academic research teams form BUTE and Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences (ELTE) and industrial partners among the leaders of information technology in Hungary. Industrial members are: Ericsson Communications Systems Hungary Ltd., KFKI Computer Systems Sc., Hungarian Telecommunications Sc., Sun Microsystems Hungary Ltd., Westel Mobile Telecommunications Sc., Compaq Computer Hungary Ltd., Antenna Hungária Sc., Computer Science and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.