- Citizens and consumers, who can benefit from improved access, higher speeds and greater choice and quality in their access to mobile services, whether in busy urban areas or remote rural villages.
- Central government, seeking to maximise economic, social and growth opportunities and to understand the role wireless in its broadest sense plays in this, while ensuring broadband infrastructure can be deployed without artificial barriers resulting from planning processes.
- Local and regional government, seeking to improve the services for their citizens and visitors while ensuring they get value for money from public assets and deploy public funds appropriately given UK and EU procurement rules
- Site providers, seeking to offer their assets (e.g. lighting columns, CCTV poles etc.) to deliver value for them in the face of uncertain levels of demand without constraining their ability to continue to enjoy use of their assets for their core purpose.
- Operators needing certainty on the availability of appropriate locations for small cells over the long term without eroding their potential cost effectiveness
- Third parties providing backhaul infrastructure and site management and deployment expertise
- Small cell vendors producing a limited set of product options for an international market while being sensitive to the needs of planning authorities and local communities.
- Simon Towler, Deputy Director, Head of Telecommunications Policy, DCMS
- Mark Harrop, Director - Mobile Strategy and Portfolio Development, BT Wholesale
- Rob Woolley, Business Development Manager, Transport for London
- Jonathan Freeman, Director, Capacity Solutions, Arqiva
- Robindhra Mangtani, Principal Advisor, Ofcom
- Ian Jones, Senior ICT Consultant, Leeds City Council
- Chris Stratton, Board Member, Telecoms Forum Board, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
- Morgan Hanson, Sales and Business Development Manager, Agilent Technologies
Confirmed panellists include:
- Kevin Baughan, Director of Metro Wireless, Virgin Media Business
- Paul Ceely, Head of Network Strategy, EE
- Mark Harrop, Director - Mobile Strategy and Portfolio Development, BT Wholesale
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