<?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 09:00:42 +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>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>Smart meters: intelligently connecting to a lower carbon future</title><description><![CDATA[I am awaiting with interest the response of the Department of Energy and Climate Change&nbsp;(DECC) and Ofgem to their consultation on implementing smart metering in the UK. In a joint open letter sent on 9 December they promised a detailed &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/smart-meters-intelligently-connecting-to-a-lower-carbon-future</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/smart-meters-intelligently-connecting-to-a-lower-carbon-future</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:34:47 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>UK telecoms policy moves government department as proposals for new Communications Act announced</title><description><![CDATA[In a week of Westminster resignations, with Andy Coulson accused of condoning mobile voicemail hacking and Ed Balls taking over as Chancellor you may be forgiven for having missed a couple of lower-key announcements. With Vince Cable professionally embarrassed from ruling on whether News can take a 100 per cent ownership interest in BSkyB, we knew that responsibility for taking that decision would be moving from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), but we learnt this week that rather more than is required to avoid the Sky issue has transfered from BIS to DCMS.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/uk-telecoms-policy-moves-government-department-as-proposals-for-new-communications-act-announce</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/uk-telecoms-policy-moves-government-department-as-proposals-for-new-communications-act-announce</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:55:41 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>UK seeks views on principles of economic regulation</title><description><![CDATA[On 7 January the UK&#39;s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a &#39;call for evidence&#39; relating to principles of economic regulation.&nbsp; As those who have read my&nbsp;earlier post will know, in industries&nbsp;where network effects&nbsp;(or various economies such as&nbsp;scale) are present (such as telecoms) it is unlikely that an unregulated market will deliver the best outcome for consumers, so long term regulation is likely to be required.&nbsp; Why now? The call for evidence seems to have been driven by last year&#39;s change in government and the new administration&#39;s desire to check that policy is on foundations that&nbsp;it sees as sound (bearing in mind the somewhat different political views on &#39;soundness&#39;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/uk-seeks-views-on-principles-of-economic-regulation</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/uk-seeks-views-on-principles-of-economic-regulation</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:59:51 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Fibre Tax Roundtable</title><description><![CDATA[For a change NextgenUs, UK FttH pioneers, and BT share something in common - being excluded from today&rsquo;s Fibre Tax Round Table being hosted by Ed VaizeyIt will be interesting to hear the outcome as unless there is a genuinely level playing field as regards business rates on fibre between the incumbent and new market entrants then a serious question-mark will hang over the entire BDUK procurement process on state aid grounds.This has echoes of the shenanigans around Digital Region South Yorkshire]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/fibre-tax-roundtable</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/fibre-tax-roundtable</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:11:13 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>QUANGO GOGO</title><description><![CDATA[Interesting news item yesterday regarding Government policy towards QUANGOs Business Secretary Vince Cable said:&ldquo;We are absolutely committed to reducing the number and cost of quangos that we no longer need. I have already said that I want to reduce the number of these bodies by a third and we&rsquo;ve achieved a lot in a short space of time. This is the latest phase of that work.&rdquo;By bringing these functions back into Government, we make their activities more accountable and can reduce]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/quango-gogo</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/guy.jarvis/quango-gogo</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:53:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
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