- To download the Agenda for this seminar click here

POST EVENT:

PRESENTATIONS

• Cristina Luna-Esteban, Policy Director, OFCOM, “Digital Switchover in Broadband and Mobile Services”

• Lawrence Palk, Director of B2B Sales & GTM Strategy, Wildanet, “Helping prevent rural communities from being digitally excluded”

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  Belinda Fawcett, General Counsel & Director of Property & Estates, Cornerstone, “Ensuring your connected world is always within reach: building awareness and understanding of the SRN Programme”

SPEAKERS

To find out more about the speakers click on the following links:

Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/our-team/kerry-booth/

Cristina Luna-Esteban, Policy Director, OFCOM
https://www.iicom.org/profile/cristina-luna-esteban/
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/

Lawrence Palk, Director of B2B Sales & GTM Strategy, Wildanet
https://wildanet.com/about-wildanet

Belinda Fawcett, General Counsel & Director of Property & Estates, Cornerstone
https://www.cornerstone.network/belinda-fawcett
https://www.cornerstone.network/

USEFUL LINKS FROM THE SESSION

RSN Winning the Rural Vote Campaign
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote

RSN Rural Digital Connectivity Chapter
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/manifesto-2023/rural-digital-connectivity-chapter.pdf

LGA report on digital switchover business case
https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/cyber-digital-and-technology/digital-switchover/digital-phone-switchover/digital

Shared Rural Network transforming mobile coverage countrywide
https://srn.org.uk/

Project Gigabit
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/project-gigabit-uk-gigabit-programme

National Data Bank
https://www.goodthingsfoundation.org/databank/   

Connectivity Guide
https://www.goodthingsfoundation.org/data-poverty-lab/supporting-people-with-data-connectivity-broadband-and-mobile-data/

House of Commons Library
The withdrawal of landlines and switch to digital calls
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9471/

OFCOM
Guidance on power cuts
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/access-emergency-organisations-power-cut

OFCOM
The future of fixed telephone services
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/information-for-industry/telecoms-competition-regulation/future-fixed-telephone-services

OFCOM Consultation on resilience guidance closes Friday 1 March 2024
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/resilience-guidance

Wildanet
Connecting Devon – Demonstrating the value of improved connectivity
https://wildanet.com/media/3bjpymh1/curia-report-devon-2023.pdf

The case for Local Authority Digital Champions
https://www.mobileuk.org/digital-champions

RSN 2024 seminar programme
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/meetings/online-seminars/2024/programme.pdf