Minutes - APPG for Broadband and Digital Communication: general discussion
The APPG for Broadband and Digital Communication convened on 21 April for a general meeting to discuss future events and activity, to help further the rollout of broadband and mobile networks across the UK. The meeting was chaired by Selaine Saxby, MP for North Devon.
Topics discussed included:
- Levelling up agenda and the benefits of next generation connectivity for the UK’s nations and regions
- Migration to All-IP/PSTN switch off
- 5G networks and enterprise use cases, such as healthcare and agriculture
- Busting barriers to deployment
- Telecoms supply chain diversification and the security of our networks
- The skills gap in the telecoms sector
- Connectivity for road and rail corridors
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Secretariat for the APPG is provided by techUK's Communications Infrastructure and Services Programme.
Sophie Greaves
Sophie Greaves
Sophie Greaves is Head of Programme for Communications Infrastructure and Services at techUK, and oversees the UK Spectrum Policy Forum.
Sophie was promoted to Head having been Programme Manager for Communications Infrastructure and Services, leading techUK's telecoms activities, engagement and policy development. Previously, Sophie was Programme Assistant across a variety of areas including the Broadband Stakeholder Group, Central Government, Financial Services and Communications Infrastructure programmes.
Prior to joining techUK, Sophie completed a masters in Film Studies at University College London; her dissertation examined US telecoms policy relating to net neutrality and content distribution.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2038
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- @SJMJames1
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- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiegreaves/
Tales Gaspar
Tales Gaspar
Tales has a background in law and economics, with previous experience in the regulation of new technologies and infrastructure.
In the UK and Europe, he offered consultancy on intellectual property rights of cellular and IoT technologies and on the regulatory procedures at the ITU as a Global Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI).
Tales has an LL.M in Law and Business by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and an MSc in Regulation at the London School of Economics, with a specialization in Government and Law.
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- [email protected]
- Phone:
- +44 (0) 0207 331 2000
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- www.techUK.org
- LinkedIn:
- www.linkedin.com/in/talesngaspar