Priorities for 5G: mobile infrastructure, standards and policy priorities
Description
It takes place with the government setting out its strategy for 5G, and with Ofcom publishing the plans for the expected auction of UK 5G spectrum later this year, which includes restrictions on the amount of spectrum operators can purchase and the release of further spectrum bands delayed until 2020.
Delegates will examine latest thinking on the key potential service benefits of
5G for businesses and citizens and contribution to the UK economy - including
what it will mean for the dynamics of the communications industry and its
partners, issues of meeting customer demand and how the market is set to
evolve.
They will also consider key issues around spectrum and the way that 5G is being
planned, developed, and future-proofed, as well as lessons from the delivery of
4G.
Further sessions look more widely at what will be required to realise the
Government’s ambitions to make the UK a leader in 5G, and the policy and
regulatory framework to support it.
The agenda also looks at the likely shape of the partnerships between tech
companies, research bodies, local government and others, and key milestones in
the development of the technology, securing interoperability and facilitating
rollout - as well as the impact of data protection policy and Brexit.
