Slides: UK SPF Plenary
The UK SPF Plenary took place on Thursday 22 October between 13:00-15:00 GMT via Microsoft Teams Live.
During the session Tony Lavender announced that after two and a half years as UK SPF Steering Board Chair he has passed on the baton to Dr Abhaya Sumanasena, the former Steering Board Vice-Chair. Tony confirmed he will stay on as Chair of Cluster 3.
Tony also announced that following inviting members to comment on the initial tender documents, and then the formal procurement process, we have awarded the 26 GHz research contract to Real Wireless.
Below you can find the Plenary agenda with additional information and the slides as PDFs.
We would like to extend our thanks to all of the speakers and attendees.
Welcome address
David Meyer, UK SPF
A dive into the Shared Rural Network
Ben Roome, CEO, Digital Mobile Spectrum Ltd (DMSL)
- Useful link https://srn.org.uk/
Cost-benefit analysis on full 5G – UK market summary
Gabriel Solomon, Ericsson and Luigi Ardito, Qualcomm
- They hosted a seperate debate around 5G and Europe´s Recovery – Time for a Step Change
- The full Analysys Mason report that they commissioned with is here and a video summary is here
Summary of the recent UK SPF Steering Board
Tony Lavender, UK SPF and Plum Consulting
Update from the UK SPF Clusters
- Saul Friedner, UK SPF Cluster 1 and LS Telcom
- Stephen Temple, UK SPF Cluster 2 and University of Surrey 5G IC - the event Stephen referenced during his presentation https://www.techuk.org/events/partner-event/item/18678-what-next-for-wireless-infrastructure-summit
- Tony Lavender, UK SPF Cluster 3 and Plum Consulting
- Kumar Singarajah, UK SPF Cluster 4 and Euroma
Summary and close
David Meyer, UK SPF
UK SPF Plenary Slides October 2020
Slides from the previous Cluster meetings can be found below;
3. Ericsson_Qualcomm Cost benefit on full 5G UK summary
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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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.
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- 020 7331 2038
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- @SJMJames1
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- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiegreaves/