CREATING OFCOM

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CREATING OFCOM

• Ian Forsyth
• Large Business Users Panel
• 1 May 2002

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OFCOM
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THE OFCOM APPROACH

• Regulation that is
• proportionate
• technology-neutral
• coherent, predictable and transparent
• focused on consumer choice across the converged
  world
• Spectrum the key issue - not economics v content

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LEGISLATION AND MILESTONES

• Office of Communications Act - April
• Draft Communications Bill - May (7th?)
• Consultation/scrutiny - Summer
• OFCOM Chair and Board - Autumn 2002
• Debate and passage of legislation - 2002/3
• Royal Assent - Summer 2003
• OFCOM - end 2003

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FIRST STAGE - TOWERS PERRIN SCOPING REPORT 2001

• Work and resources - current and future
• Vision and design criteria
• High level organisation template
• Transition plan to end 2003

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ORGANISATION TEMPLATE
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
BOARD COMMITTEES
CONTENT BOARD
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SECOND STAGE - TRANSITION PLANNING

• Transition Management
• Organisation Planning
• Organisation Culture and Change Management
• Human Resources
• Finance and Funding
• Information Services
• Location and Facilities
• Communications

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POSITION AND NEXT STEPS

• Consultants appointed - consortium Towers
  Perrin/EY/Differentis
• Deliverables pre-Chair
• Recommendations for incoming Chair
• Illustrative further deliverables
• Stakeholders
• discussions in coming weeks
• focus groups during Summer