Professional Associations
The BSG is the industry-government forum tackling strategic issues across the converging broadband value chain. The Group provides a neutral forum for organisations across the converging broadband value chain to discuss and resolve key policy, regulatory and commercial issues, with the ultimate aim of helping to create a strong and competitive UK knowledge economy.
Members include telecoms operators, manufacturers, investors, ISPs, broadcasters, new media companies, mobile operators, content producers and rights holders, as well as government departments (BERR, DCMS), Ofcom, Regional Development Agencies and others.
Intellect (www.intellectuk.org)
Intellect is an association created to provide a single powerful voice for the information technology, telecommunications and electronics industries in the UK.
Intellect incorporates the members of the Computing Services and Software Association (CSSA) and the Federation of the Electronics Industry (FEI) and includes many of the most successful and highly innovative hi-tech organisations.
Oplan Foundation (www.oplan.org/)
The Open Public Local Access Networks Foundation is an independent, non-political and not-for-profit organisation that seeks to build greater and wider awareness and understanding of the massive social and economic benefits that OPLANs will deliver to their communities.
The Foundation aims to provide OPLANs with a ‘meta-community’ which will not only become an evolving shared mutual resource network but also gsin a higher profile and a greater combined visibility.
The Telecoms Executive Network is the leading forum for candid and creative analysis of emerging communications industry issues. TEN brings together influential players within the industry and on its periphery and provides a meeting place in which to exchange ideas, opinions and shape tomorrow’s telecommunications.
The members of the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) are supporting, planning, building and operating sustainable, independent and interconnected networks that advance the economic and social development of the communities they serve and permit the provision of applications and services through open competition, innovation and diversity. They are working together to create cohesive interconnected next generation networks.
EuroCloud (www.eurocloud.org.uk)
EuroCloud enables knowledge sharing, networking and alliances within the European industry, and to promote SaaS and cloud to European business.
