The 2009 Business Radio seminar will take place on the 19th November at Barcelo Daventry Hotel, Sedgemoor Way, Off Ashby Road, Daventry, Northampton, NN11 0SG.
Business Radio is THE annual meeting place for the UK Business Radio Community providing a unique platform for promotion of new products, new regulation and new business opportunities in this growing economic sector.
Sponsorship opportunites are currently available so, if interested in finding out more, please contact FCS here.
Business Radio 08
November 2008 is a milestone for the sector as Ofcom introduces its new licensing reforms and market mechanisms for spectrum access. The UK is at the forefront of spectrum market reforms and Business Radio is the first sector undergoing wholescale changes. At the same time the industry is responding with new products and services that are vital to match the exacting demands of professional customers.
We were pleased to welcome representatives from Government, Ofcom, manufacturers, distributors, operators and customers to the event which proved to be a resounding success.
The presentations given at the event are detailed below and the slides for each are available for download should you wish to view them (simply click on the title of the presentation).
Keynote:
Overview of the Business Radio Market - Mark Swarbrick, BERR
Regulation Session:
Ofcom BR Licence Liberalisation - Paul Jarvis, Ofcom
Keeping the Spectrum Clean - Steve Kennett, Ofcom
UK Defence Spectrum Management - Steve Jones, Cave Implementation Team - MoD
Market Session:
HYT, The New Entrant to the UK Business Radio Market - Ryan Wu, HYT
MIMOmax High Speed Links using PMR channels - John Gardener, Tait
IP in Business Radio - Mark Thomas, Team Simoco
MotoTRBO Chaaaarged - Sean Fitzgerald, Motorola
Many thanks to all the Business Radio 08 sponsors :
AW Communications
HYT
Motorola
Team Simoco
Zycomm
Alfatronix/Co:Star
Fylde Micro
Panorama Antennas
Selex
Sinclair
Skymasts
Tait Radio Communications
Virtus Technology
Business Radio 07
Date: Thursday 22 November 2007
Place: The Paramount Daventry Hotel – Daintree Suite
Sponsored by: Airsys Communications Technology Ltd, AWC Communications Systems, Motorola Ltd, Tait Europe Ltd, Zycomm Electronics Ltd
Event Chairman: Adrian Grilli, JRC and FCS chairman
Programme
0930 Registration -Exhibition open
10.30 Seminar
Introduction Adrian Grilli
10.40 Keynote Speech:
The liberalisation of spectrum and its impact on service Charles Jenne, Ofcom
*What is the impact of NGNs and open telecoms in industry on regulators – can it be effectively regulated?
*How will regulators “auction” off spectrum and who will they be issuing it to?
*There is still more spectrum to come
*The importance of spectrum for new technologies: WiMax, Mobile Multimedia, Mobile television and broadcasting
*Spectrum for new business radio technologies
11.05 Business Radio- Licence liberalisation in action Paul Jarvis, Ofcom
*Business radio licences
*Olympics 2012
11.25 Three-way radio Geoff Varrell, RTT Programmes
*Harmonising two way radio, cellular and broadcast
*Public safety and disaster relief- how the US is getting its act together
11.45 Arqiva-band management and Tetra services David Green, Arqiva
12.05 MPT 1327 in the 21st century Philip Vercruysse, Entropia Networks NV
12.25 DMR- the digital reality Sean Fitzgerald, Motorola
12.45 Environmental directives Jeff Borrman, Datec
* disposal of end of life equipment
13.00 Networking lunch and exhibition
Afternoon Session
14.00 Workshops
Round table workshops to enable more detailed discussion of seminar papers and other projects
Tables 1and 2 Demonstration of Ofcom’s spectrum management software by the Ofcom team
Table 4 Operation of the Ofcom WT Register- how tradable licences are listed on the Ofcom website demonstrated by the Ofcom team
Table 5 Demonstration of Motorola’s new digital products Motorola
Table 6 Environmental regulations, battery disposal and WEEE industry
Accreditation schemes- learn more Jeff Borrman, Datec
Table 8 FCS Business Radio Group – debate the value of business radio Jacqui Brookes, FCS
Table 10 Participate in the UHF study for Ofcom Mark Redman, Mott MacDonald
Table 11 Three Way Radio- debate what it means for the industry Jeff Varrell, RTT Programmes
Table 12 MPT 1362- industry code of practice for installation in vehicles John Thomson, Panorama
15.30 Champagne draw sponsored by Team Simoco Ltd- Winner of the Gerald David OBE Award 2007
Feedback from the workshops by Adrian Grilli
16.00 close
Thank you to all the sponsors and supporters who have made the event possible
Exhibitors Fylde Microsystems, Panorama Antennas, Alfatronix,
Ofcom, Sinclair Technologies Ltd, Smye-Rumsby Ltd, Virtus Technology
Event supporters: Arqiva, Eversheds LLP, Key Radio Systems,
Niros Comms A/S
See you again in November 2008