Richard Hooper CBE has been appointed as the new non-executive Chairman of the Broadband Stakeholder Group, taking over from Kip Meek.
Richard Hooper has had a long career in the converging worlds of media and communications. He has worked in both broadcasting and telecoms and was Chairman of the Radio Authority and Deputy Chairman of Ofcom 2002-2005. Most recently he led the Independent Review of the Postal Services Sector. (more…)
The BSG has submitted its response to the DCMS consultation on the implementation of the AVMS Directive.
Broadly, the BSG makes three key points:
The Broadband Stakeholder Group published a new study today by Analysys Mason on the costs and capabilities of wireless and satellite technologies.
The report provides a snapshot view looking forward to 2016 and finds that:
The BSG has been engaged in the recent policy and regulatory debate on net neutrality.
A term not easy to define, our approach has been to focus on what the issues covered by the term actually mean for the development of services on the internet.
This has been demonstrated by the agenda we put together for our conference on 9 September, ‘Quality Time? Meeting consumer expectations with next generation services’. (more…)
BSG has submitted its response to BIS” passive infrastructure sharing discussion paper.
The response draws upon the work of BSG”s Passive Infrastructure Working Group, and discussion with wider stakeholders. The response says: (more…)
The conference was held on 09 September at the Delfina in Southwark, and was supported by Analysys Mason.
In the context of increasing net neutrality policy activity within the UK, the EU, and North America, this conference looked at:
BSG has released a new position paper, ‘approach to government intervention in the deployment of next generation broadband’.
The paper provides a view on how the new coalition government should think about intervention in the deployment of NGA in the UK. There are many uncertainties and unknowns in the debate, and as the new government develops its broadband policy, it is important that the issues raised in this paper are considered and addressed should the government decide to intervene.
The paper also incorporates BSG’s response to the previous government’s next generation fund consultation, and its review of the fibre cost model.
On the day the iPad is launched in the UK, a guest blog from Brian Williamson of Plum Consulting considers what impact a shift to this type of device, with simpler, more intuitive interfaces and utilising mobile connectivity, could have on internet adoption.
“A report by Plum Consulting for Vodafone examines internet use and barriers to use, market changes and policy possible approach to get more people online. In terms of use the report finds that education, workforce participation and age are key considerations in explaining internet use.
Older US citizens are significantly more likely to use the internet than those in Korea or Europe, whilst those in Northern European Countries are significantly more likely to use the internet than their Southern European counterparts (consistent with the level of economic development and education at the time they were at school). (more…)
Today the BSG has published a new White Paper with Value Partners, Broadband Infrastructure: The Service and Application Providers’ View.
Looking at the views of the broadband infrastructure from those who provide services over the internet today, the report find 3 main conclusions: (more…)
In the debate over the capability of broadband networks, the voice of companies and organisations that offer services and applications over the internet has been lost.
To address this, the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) and Value Partners Management Consulting today launch a White Paper, Broadband Infrastructure: The Service and Application Providers’ View.
This White Paper provides insight into what companies and organisations that offer services and applications over the internet really think about the UK’s broadband infrastructure today and how it might evolve in the future. (more…)
BSG is calling for evidence and data from the industry that would assist it in revising the fibre cost model, published in September 2008 as an input to the Caio Review.
BSG wishes to test whether the underlying assumptions and conclusions regarding costs set out in the report are still valid, or whether they should be revised in light of industry developments. This will inform its response to the government’s Next Generation Fund consultation. (more…)
The steering group discussed how to take forward the issues concerning multiple BtB interfaces and customer migrations. It was agreed that the workshop would be held with a range of stakeholders who could resolve the BtB issues, while a working group should be established to address migrations.
In its response to HM Treasury on the proposed Landline Duty the BSG has warned that the government’s proposed approach risked closing the door on wireless delivery of next generation broadband; it is important that this issue is resolved before the duty is passed by Parliament
A ‘Progress Meeting’, open to all stakeholders, was held. This provided an opportunity for the steering group to discuss their work and progress with industry, and for stakeholders to provide feedback and input. At this meeting, Ofcom and CSMG presented their recently-published report into BtB interfaces in an NGA environment. The minutes and presentations are available below.
Minutes of the progress meeting, 25 January 2010
CSMG for Ofcom – BtB interfaces: Meeting the needs of NGA – full report
Presentation from Antony Walker, BSG and Huw Saunders, Geo/KCOM
Presentation from CSMG & Ofcom – BtB interfaces: Meeting the needs of NGA
A guest post from Brian Williamson of Plum Consulting.
The June 2008 report by Plum Consulting and the BSG set out a “Framework for evaluating the value of next generation broadband”. One of the six recommendations of the report was that,
“Realising the full value of next generation broadband depends on the extent of transformation of other markets. In considering the private and wider value of next generation broadband, and potential regulatory and public policy barriers to next generation broadband, other platforms and markets should be considered including spectrum, broadcasting, mobile and copper networks.
In particular, the costs and benefits of copper network retirement alongside fibre rollout, and the policy and regulatory environment required, should be considered.??? (more…)
