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

 

 

 

Paul Jarvis of OFcom addresses the BR08 audience
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




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