Following industry consultation, Ofcom proposed in its report, "Next Generation Networks: Developing the Regulatory Framework", dated 7 March 2006 , a number of policies and processes to support the development of NGNs in the UK.
One of the proposals was the development of NGNuk as an independent industry body , with a view to creating an improved framework for industry engagement.
NGNuk will have a two-way relationship with other industry bodies , such as Consult 21 and NICC , with input from those other bodies to enable the commercial work of NGNuk to succeed and output from NGNuk to assist in the carrying out of their functions.
NGNuk's mission , therefore, is to act as a co-ordination forum to ensure that a clear comercial vision led by industry for competition based on interconnected NGNs is established such that regulation can follow the market rather than lead.
The constiution of NGNuk governs the rights and obligations of the members of NGNuk, an independent , unincorporated association, accountable only to its members. A set of guiding principles for the operation of NGNuk , as an industry body and forum, and the behaviour of all of its members in establishing the comercial vision are detailed within constitution.
A copy of the full constitution can be downloaded from the link below: