Title
The title of this workshop is “Development of broadband in New Member States and in Czech Republic: Achievements and open issues”.
Date and venue
This workshop was organized by BReATH contractor IREE in cooperation with BReATH Affiliated Partner TESTCOM. It was held at Hotel Olšanka, Táboritská 23 in Prague, magnificent capital of the Czech Republic.Meetings of invited speakers with stakeholders took place in the Hotel Olšanka on the evening of Monday 6 November, from 19h00 until 22h00, as well as on Tuesday 7 November, parallel to and after the workshop.
Topics
The topics of the workshop were the following:
- What hampers the development of broadband in CR and her neighbours?
- State policies, strategies, regulation
- Support of broadband projects from public means: yes/no, when and how
- Free Internet: the pros and cons and the limitations
- Success stories in developing broadband abroad in OMS and NMS
- Technology innovations impacting broadband in NMS
- Broadband services – which are most needed and which have best chance to be implemented
Invited speakers and participants
- BReATH partners and representatives of OMSs and NMSs to share experience on implementation of broadband (UK, D, NL, GR, PL, SI, SK)
- Representatives of Czech state and local administrations
- Representatives of Czech regulator (Czech Telecommunication Office)
- Czech telecommunication operators and BB service providers
- Representatives of professional associations
- Broadband technology vendors
Agenda
The agenda is as shown below:
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and introduction
– Dr Anton Kuchár, IREE, Czech Republic
09:10 - 09:20 Introduction to BReATH
– Mr Goff Hill, BREATH Technical Manager, GTEL Ltd, UK
09:20 - 10:40 Session I – Policies, regulation, funding
09:20 - 09:40 Broadband in the Czech Republic - strategy and development
– Mr F. Hesoun, Ministry of Informatics, Czech Republic
09:40 - 10:00 Broadband in the Czech Republic - regulatory issues
– Mr M. Frankl, Councillor, Czech Telecommunication Office, Czech Republic
10:00 - 10:20 Intervention funding possibilities and options
– Ms Lucilla Sioli, European Commission DG Information Society and Media, Policy Development, EU state aid and intervention funding group, Brussels
10:20 - 10:40 Broadband in the EU - impact of the regulatory environment
– Mr Adam Kapovits, EURESCOM, Germany
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 - 12:30 Session II – Success stories and issues in developing broadband in some Old Member States of the European Union
11:10 - 11:30 Four years into the ACTNOW public/private partnership aimed at bringing about economic change in Cornwall UK through the development of ICT and broadband
– Mr Nigel Ashcroft, Director of the ACTNOW project, Cornish Enterprise Ltd., UK
11:30 - 11:50 The world beyond Hotspots: Metro WiFi
– Mr G. Bos, The Cloud Networks Ltd., UK
11:50 - 12:10 Public and open FttH network in Asturias
– Mr M.-A. Acero, Spain
12:10 - 12:30 Technical and non-technical aspects of Dutch developments in broadband infrastructure and services
– Mr Rene Kramer, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Session III – Achievements and problems in developing broadband in some New Member States of the European Union
13:30 - 13:50 Overview of broadband developments in the Czech Republic
– Dr Anton Kuchár, IREE, Czech Republic; J. Peterka, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic; J. Hrstka and J. Slavík, TESTCOM, Czech Republic
13:50 - 14:10 Development of broadband access in Slovakia
– Mr V. Murin, Mr A. Ščehovič (Director), Research Institute of Telecommunications, Slovak Republic
14:10 - 14:30 Overview of broadband development in Poland
– Mr Marcin Salwa, Mr Janusz Granat, National Institute of Telecommunications, Poland
14:30 - 15:10 Session IV – Presentation of some successful projects in the Czech Republic
14:30 - 14:50 First true FttH in the city of Prague
– Mr Krutec, Raycom, Czech Republic
14:50 - 15:10 High quality of public services and desirable telecommunication environment by way of broadband development in the Vysočina region - the ROWANet network
– Mr P. Vejmělek, Network Manager, OPTOKON, Czech Republic
15:10 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:50 Session V – Wireless Internet
15:30 - 15:50 Wireless Cities - new challenges for European cities and Prague initiatives
– Mr J. Šolc, City of Prague, Czech Republic
15:50 - 16:10 ”Views of investors and network operators on the ‘Free Municipal Internet’”
– Mr S. Novák, President of the Association of Public Telecommunication Network Operators APVTS, Czech Republic
16:10 - 16:30 ”Mobile Internet services and wireless broadband in the Czech Republic”
– Mr J. Backes, T-Mobile Czech Republic, Czech Republic
16:30 - 16:50 Municipal wireless: good or bad?
– Mr Robert Goodfellow, Mr Goff Hill, GTel Consultancy Ltd., UK
16:50 - 17:00 Conclusions from the workshop
– Mr Goff Hill, GTel Consultancy Ltd., UK
Presentations
The presentations are available online and accessible by clicking on the respective link in the agenda above.
Results
The results as well as all other aspects of this workshop are described in deliverable D1.6 part 2.
Contact
If you have any questions about this workshop, you can contact Dr. Anton Kuchár from IREE, organizer of the workshop and contractor within BReATH.