Session 7, chaired by ANCOM, will approach a subject of topical interest worldwide: effectively increasing access to broadband services, so as to allow extensive access to the benefits of the Information Society for people and economies, especially in the current economic circumstances.
Mobile Broadband Wireless Access deals with one major subject of public interest that covers various aspects to be analyzed and debated at the Global Forum 2009.
Primarily, the concern at international level is to develop the next generation high speed broadband access networks that hold an essential role to play in generating growth and jobs and accelerate economic recovery from the crisis. While a crucial intervention belongs to the public sector via investments, the public authorities are very important in the extension of broadband coverage to areas where private investment is not commercially viable. Furthermore, governments also have a key role to play in stimulating citizens and businesses to embrace new broadband-based services for instance through tax incentives and by ensuring that public services are widely accessible online.
The most important topics to be discussed are:
- Mobile BWA – Work in progress towards bringing EU communications at the next level
- Digital dividend to bridge the digital divide
- US digital switchover – summing up and a first assessment
- A harmonized European approach based on the 790-862MHz band
- Spectrum reframing to boost competition
- Future of Wireless Services in the Wake of the Digital Dividend
- State-of-the-art technologies and most feasible solutions for a fast wireless broadband development
- LTE vs. WiMAX – next generation networks for mobile broadband
- Regulation to speed up mobile broadband development
- Solutions for successfully developing wireless broadband networks
- Enabling Mobile Broadband for All with Single RAN
Participation: The debate chaired and moderated by Mr. Catalin Marinescu, President of ANCOM, will bring together the European Commission represented by Mr. Ruprecht Niepold, Adviser with special responsibility for the Future Development of the Spectrum Policy , high officials of the regulatory authorities of Portugal - Mr. José Manuel Ferrari Careto, Member of the Board, The National Communications Authority, ANACOM - and Denmark – Mr. Finn Petersen, Deputy Director General of the National IT and Telecom Agency – NITA, as well as representatives of the telecom industry from Romania and abroad.
Digital Dividend could become the next solution for the future in the internet by ensuring a broadband and high speed transmission at a superior quality level for consumers across Europe.
At the same time, the extension of access to broadband services implies a more careful approach concerning privacy matters. One very common problem that affects most active internet users is found in the social networking sites, due to its open access to private information and personal data. Thus, there is a need for regulation at international and national level, concern expressed by the European Commission and ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) representatives, in order to maintain a good level of trust regarding the usage of information posted on social networking sites and ensure the obedience of a common ethical and conduct code. All these and much more will be discussed in detail during the Session no 7 of Global Forum 2009.
Other resources:
Further information connected to session no7 can be found on:
ENISA website
European authorities involvement in the extension of broadband networks
European Digital Dividend for TV and radio
