About us | Summary | e-skills UK 

About e-skills UK e-skills UK is a not-for-profit , employer-led organisation, licensed by government as the Sector Skills Council for IT & Telecoms, and lead body for Contact Centres. Strategy 2008 We ... are now working with employers and others to develop strategic plans for the four nations of the UK, for 2008 onwards. At this early stage, we are particularly interested in your comments on priorities for collaborative action by employers, educators, government and other stakeholders. Please contribute online .   [More...] [Less...]

thecma.com - communications management association portal 

Welcome to CMA The UK s premier independent membership body for professionals and organisations focused on exploiting communications, networking and ICT, for business advantage. CMA has been supporting ... telecoms and ICT professionals and organisations within private and public sectors for almost 50 years. Through our research & analysis, specialist forums, publications and events we provide the assistance, information, training and representation so essential in an ever changing business environment. Our goal is to ensure that CMA s members, who spend 13 billion in the communications market annually are the best informed professionals in the industry. CMA also aims to be the definitive voice of the ICT user view on key issues to government and regulatory authorities. We work directly with Ofcom in the UK and are represented internationally through our membership of the international telecoms user group - INTUG. Click on the topics below for more information on CMA s key activities.   [More...] [Less...]

Microsoft Word - postpn296.doc [pdf]

December 2007 Number 296 NEXT GENERATION TELECOMS NETWORKS Traditional telecommunications (telecoms) networks were developed to carry a single type of service, such as voice calls. In contrast, Next Generation ... Networks (NGNs) carry all types of services, including voice, video and e-mail, on a common platform. BT’s planned roll- out of its £10bn ‘21 st Century Network’ (21CN) by 2012 will make the UK the first country to replace its incumbent telephone network with an NGN. NGNs offer significant cost savings to operators and new services to consumers, but there are also challenges in maintaining the quality, reliability and security of communications. Their introduction has been described as “the most significant change to telecoms networks since competition was introduced two decades ago”. 1 What is a Next Generation Network? Since the telecoms age began, networks using different technologies have been developed to carry different types of communication. For example, BT maintains 16   [More...] [Less...]

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Boards and steering groups | Steering groups | Awarding Body Forum | e-skills UK 

Boards and steering groups Awarding Body Forum (ABF) Purpose and objectives The purpose of the Forum is to keep e-skills UK, the Regulatory Authorities and Awarding Bodies up-to-date with each other's ... activities generally. There is a particular emphasis on the Sector Skills Agreement (our plan for addressing the skills issues of the sector) and the Sector Qualifications Strategy . The Forum also acts as a vehicle to discuss future qualification developments and ongoing operational issues related to the delivery, assessment and verification of S/NVQs. Context The remit of the Forum includes those sectors for which e-skills UK is the Sector Skills Council (IT User, IT professional and Telecoms) and also Contact Centres for which e-skills UK acts as the Standards Setting Body. The Forum meets four times a year. Forum members The Awarding Body Forum brings together representatives from the following: Regulatory Authorities - Qualification and Curriculum Authority, Scottish Qualifications A   [More...] [Less...]

Boards and steering groups | Steering groups | Industry Education Action Group | e-skills UK 

Boards and steering groups Industry Education Action Group Purpose and objectives The purpose of the Industry Education Action Group is to harness some of the educational activities carried out by IT and ... Telecoms employers, learn from them, and provide best practice and knowledge across a variety of e-skills UK projects to ensure maximum impact and success across each program. Context Many employers work directly with education today: forming programs, qualifications and accreditations that will help students build their knowledge of both technology and readiness for the working world. This activity can range from organisations who have their own Academy programs, where students complete the vendors' own qualifications through the existing educational system to companies who run programs to add 'additional benefit' to the education system today i.e. developing communication skills throughout schools. The role of the Group is to operate as a collective team to build upon all that great   [More...] [Less...]

:: Femto Forum :: 

Femtocells are low-power wireless access points that operate in licensed spectrum to connect standard mobile devices to a mobile operator’s network using residential DSL or cable broadband connections ... - find out more> The Femto Forum is a not-for-profit membership organisation founded in 2007 to promote femtocell deployment worldwide. We are independent, technology agnostic and inclusive of all relevant s takeholders . Comprised of mobile operators, telecoms hardware and software vendors, content providers and innovative start-ups, our mission is to advance the development and adoption of femtocell products and services as the optimum technology for the provision of high-quality 2G/3G coverage and premium services within the residential and SME markets. The Forum is chartered to encourage the growth of a partner ecosystem committed to innovation in standards-based network infrastructure and to achieve high levels of collaboration and product interoperability. Our next plenary takes pla   [More...] [Less...]

Ericsson - the world-leading supplier in telecommunications 

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About BT Group 

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The Communications Market 2007 - 3 (Radio & Telecoms) [pdf]