<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Posts in Government</title><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/categories/government</link><description>Posts in the Government category on Convergence Conversation</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:28:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) 2012 Convergence Conversation and contributing authors.  For full copyright info and terms of use visit http://www.convergenceconversation.com/</copyright><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>Convergence Conversation</title><url>http://www.convergenceconversation.com//lib/img/rssimg.png</url><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/categories/government</link></image>	<item><title>Null Point Jeremy</title><description><![CDATA[Whilst DCMS, headed up by Jeremy Hunt MP, proclaims its ambitions for the UK to have the best etc The truth of the matter is on the same webpage linked to above, that the bar is now set so low as to surely consign the UK to the back of the pack:&ldquo;90 per cent of homes and businesses having access to superfast broadband and for everyone in the UK to have access to at least 2Mbps&rdquo;90%? What about the final 10%, umm 6 Million people!What is the official definition of Superfast Broadband anyway]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/null-point-jeremy</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/null-point-jeremy</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:04:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>UK Superfast Broadband: Challenges and Opportunities</title><description><![CDATA[The UK government&#39;s stated ambition to offer the best superfast broadband services in Europe have been negatively impacted over the past six months, according to the latest market study by Point Topic.The deployment of IP next-generation (IP-NGN) broadband technology by BT and alternative network service providers has lagged a long way behind the original plans. Furthermore, the adoption of these services -- where they are available -- has apparently been disappointing.Research by Point Topic shows that its overall measure of broadband coverage has actually declined -- falling from 55 percent to 53 percent in the reporting period.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.deans/uk-superfast-broadband-challenges-and-opportunities</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.deans/uk-superfast-broadband-challenges-and-opportunities</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:33:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>UK Government starts Communications Act review</title><description><![CDATA[As previously anticipated, the UK&nbsp;started this week a wholesale review of the legislation in the communications sector. Minister Jeremy Hunt published an open letter seeking replies by 30 June. The letter addresses 3 themes: Growth, innovation and deregulation; A communications &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/uk-government-starts-communications-act-review</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/uk-government-starts-communications-act-review</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 19:40:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Is mobile data roaming structurally flawed?</title><description><![CDATA[Fascinating article by David Meyer at ZDnet, as part of his ongoing coverage of mobile data roaming.He points out the possibility of the European Commission forcing a structural split between domestic and roaming service provision. Basically, there seems to be frustration that voice (and especially data) prices and consumer choices have not changed quickly enough, despite recent regulation on tariff caps and anti-billshock thresholds. In particular, there is concern that customers don&#39;t know in advance how/when/where they will travel, so they cannot make an educated decision about which tariff is &quot;best&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/dean.bubley/is-mobile-data-roaming-structurally-flawed</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/dean.bubley/is-mobile-data-roaming-structurally-flawed</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:41:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>European Commission tries to marshal stakeholders for World Radiocommunications Conference 2012</title><description><![CDATA[The European Commission published on 6 April a Communication&nbsp;on policy objectives for the International Telecommunications Union World Radiocommunications&nbsp;Conference 2012 (WRC&nbsp;12). WRC 12&nbsp;is the next quadrennial meeting&nbsp;of governments and other stakeholders to&nbsp;coordinate international spectrum policy and to update the Radio Regulations. &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/european-commission-tries-to-marshal-stakeholders-for-world-radiocommunications-conference-2012</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/european-commission-tries-to-marshal-stakeholders-for-world-radiocommunications-conference-2012</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:49:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>UK Govt to Fund 4G?</title><description><![CDATA[An interesting debate in Westminster instigated by Rory Stewart MP on Rural Broadband contained the following revelation: &ldquo;&hellip;as my hon. Friend&nbsp;Jesse Norman suggested, instead of the mobile telephone companies paying the Treasury for that spectrum we would end up with the Treasury paying them to take it. It is perfectly possible, as was suggested, that we could make a powerful economic argument to the Treasury on why it might make sense for the Treasury to pay mobile telephone providers to take it, but to do so we would need some very robust figures.&rdquo;The logic here is impeccable &ndash;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/uk-govt-to-fund-4g</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/uk-govt-to-fund-4g</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:55:41 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>UK Budget doubles lifetime limit for entrepreneurs&#8217; relief</title><description><![CDATA[The Watcher is not a tax lawyer, so (he suspects much like others) he relies on helpful summaries to navigate the impact of yesterday&rsquo;s budget. Some of his&nbsp;partners spent yesterday live blogging and tweeting about the budget (@olswang, #budget 11). &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/uk-budget-doubles-lifetime-limit-for-entrepreneurs8217-relief</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/uk-budget-doubles-lifetime-limit-for-entrepreneurs8217-relief</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:20:48 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>4th Utilitarianism</title><description><![CDATA[PaulineR makes an excellent post about the recent Milan FttH Council Conference and the stand-out is predictable, Neelie Kroes of course, demonstrating why she is worthy of such great respect where the community interest and 4th Utility are concerned.&ldquo;It not possible to maximise access while failing on fibre.&rdquo;Fibre to the Home is the 4th Utility and that requires delivery as widespread as electricity is today before we can say &ldquo;Job Done&rdquo; and reap the rewards of having affordable access to future-proof Digital Services.Beyond &ldquo;what do we want, what will we pay&rdquo;, considering FttH as the 4th Utility then what do we seek from any Utility generally?utilitarianism &ndash;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/4th-utilitarianism</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/4th-utilitarianism</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:48:52 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>&#8216;It is not possible to assess whether Ofcom delivers value for money&#8217; says Public Accounts Committee</title><description><![CDATA[The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts scrutinises the accounts of publicly funded bodies to assess whether those bodies deliver value for money (which it defines as being &lsquo;the optimal use of resources to deliver intended outcomes&rsquo;). It today &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/8216it-is-not-possible-to-assess-whether-ofcom-delivers-value-for-money8217-says-public-account</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/8216it-is-not-possible-to-assess-whether-ofcom-delivers-value-for-money8217-says-public-account</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:32:53 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>&#8216;Illegal state aid&#8217; challenge to tax levied on BT&#8217;s UK fibre network fails in European Court</title><description><![CDATA[In a decision dated 21 January, but only released this week, the EU&rsquo;s General Court in Luxembourg has dismissed Vtesse&rsquo;s appeal against a decision of the European Commission that rates (a UK land use tax) levied on BT&rsquo;s UK fibre &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/8216illegal-state-aid8217-challenge-to-tax-levied-on-bt8217s-uk-fibre-network-fails-in-european</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/8216illegal-state-aid8217-challenge-to-tax-levied-on-bt8217s-uk-fibre-network-fails-in-european</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:20:16 +0000</pubDate></item>
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