Update on INCA activities for the Dutch Light study tour group, March 2012

1. Dutch Light Study Tour
Prysmian & Next Gen Events

2. INCA Update
• Membership
• Policy
• Beyond Broadband
• INCA Cities Group
• Events
• Quality Marque and Marketplace

3. Membership
• 380 members and subscribers
• Public sector - Cities and Rural
• Private sector - Large & Small
• Local schemes - Businesses & Social
Enterprises
• Full Membership costs £500 per year

4. Policy
“I have never heard anything like
this in my life”
- Richard Hooper
• Brian Condon’s paper on Investment in
NGA
• Lorne Mitchell’s drafting of 2020 Vision - how
to influence the policy debate going forward

5. BeyondBroadband.coop
• Second edition pdf
• Knowledge Base update
• Sponsorship?
• Advertising?

6. INCA Cities
• Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol,
Nottingham, Gateshead, Derby
• Special Interest Group
• Launch at Future Everything,
Manchester, May 2011
• BDUK Urban Fund
• Digital Districts Dark Fibre Project?

7. Events
• Industry Day 28th February
• Dutch Light Study Tour, 7-8 March
• Next Gen Roadshow, 27th March, May
• INCA Ultrafast Connected Cities SIG -
16th May, Manchester

8. Quality Marque
• Quality Standards, OSS/BSS, Open Access
Platform
• A template for project development
• Funding bid to BDUK - £250k

9. Marketplace
• Links projects with suppliers & consultants
• Qualification: Provide information about
activities, size, reference projects
• Presented online
• Prices: £500 limited company, £250 small
consultancy

10. Thank You