Attendees:
Peter Black (NGNuk) - Chair
Clive Fedida (NGNuk)
Tarquin Bellinger (BT Wholesale)
Huw Saunders ( Kingston Communications)
Phil Kirby (Vodafone)
Steve Unger (Ofcom)
Tony Siebert (Cable & Wireless)
Keith Monserrat (Ntl)
Phil Male (Thus)
Apologies:
Douglas Lamont ( Orange)
Angus Flett (BT Wholesale)
Justin Fielder (Easynet)
Minutes & Actions of Previous Meeting
Constitution Update
Membership Update
Seminar
Workshop Session
Top Level Principles
Scope of Workstreams
Top Level Reference Model
Application Requirements
AOB
1.1 See outstanding actions update at the end of this document.
2.1 Peter Black reported that feedback on the constitution had been useful and indicated that the wording of the document needed to be clarified in a number of places. All feedback is being discussed with the individual companies concerned and a revised draft will be circulated before the next meeting.
2.2 Extensive comments were received from BT. It has not been possible to review them in detail with BT yet, however some of the key issues were brought to the attention of the meeting. On the issue of Ofcom involvement which BT is seeking to reduce, many Executive Members felt this had already been minimised and should not be changed. There was similar support expressed for leaving the Executive Chair's voting rights and the other voting arrangements unchanged.
3.1 Two completed applications have been received to date. Although disappointing, the feeling at the meeting was that it was most likely due to lack of awareness. For this reason, an Executive Seminar has been arranged for 21 June 2006, 9:30 am till 1:00 pm at Commonwealth Club, 25 Northumberland Avenue. Around 60 companies have been invited with the aim of attracting industry to join and participate in NGNuk. Executive members agreed to attend to assist the campaign.
4.1 Workstream planning is not as advanced as hoped however the Workshop Session agenda item has progressed this activity significantly. The planned CEO visits by Peter Black have slipped as a consequence. Recruitment of the commercial workstream leader will continue for another few weeks whilst candidates are shortlisted. The first web site update by the Executive Chairman will be published at the end of the week.
5.1 Top Level Principles
The meeting reviewed the draft (initial) Top Level Principles slide which had been compiled from the individual inputs provided previously by each of the Executive Members. The final draft Top Level Principles slide lists the consensus view from the attendees. All Executive Members were asked to review the list and feedback any final comments by Friday 2nd June 2006.
Action 1 - 31/5 - All Executive Members were asked to review the final draft Top Level Principles list and feedback any final comments by Friday 2nd June 2006.
5.2 Scope of Commercial and Technical Workstreams
The meeting reviewed the draft Scope of Workstreams slide which had been compiled from the individual inputs provided previously by each of the Executive Members. The view of the meeting was that whilst all the topics in the draft scope list were appropriate and relevant to an interconnect framework, it was felt important that there should be a reference model in place to provide an agreed structure within which to progress the work and to ensure completeness. As a first step, an initial view of the top level workgroup structure in each workstream was developed and as an exercise was tested to see that all topics in the draft scope list could be allocated within the structure. The proposed draft structure is as follows:
Commercial Workstream | Technical Workstream |
Governance | Common Service Set Definition |
Customer Experience | Required Standards |
Interconnect Commercial Framework | Architecture |
5.3 Top Level Reference Model
The meeting reviewed the Top Level Reference Model slide which had been compiled from the individual inputs provided previously by each of the Executive Members. There was agreement at the meeting that it was a good starting point and summarised the views of all present. It was agreed that it will have both technical and commercial dimensions. The next step should be to elaborate this basic model against a base set of services. The members present agreed to nominate suitable individuals from their organisations to come together for a workshop to undertake this initial piece of work on the reference model and prepare a first draft by the next NGNuk Executive meeting.
Action 2 - 31/5 - All Executive Members to nominate suitable individuals from their organisations to come together for a workshop to prepare a first draft reference model for a base set of services by the next NGNuk Executive meeting.
5.4 Application Requirements
The meeting considered how requirements from applications that need to be taken account of in an interconnect model should be identified. The initial view was that they will impact on network hooks and should be fed in via the Reference Model.
6.1 Peter Black asked the members present to consider how the work programme should be managed at the detailed level in order to ensure it met the targets set by the Executive. He suggested there could be a Programme Group set up to coordinate the work and that each member allocate an individual on the group to be the single point of contact for their organisation to manage locating resources for workgroups, scheduling and progress reporting.
6.2 The Executive identified that NGN regulation is under consideration by the EU and that the subject was referred to recently in the UK response to the call for input on the forthcoming review of the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications and Services. Steve Unger confirmed this was the case but said that it was high level at this early stage. The meeting agreed that this was an important area for NGNuk to understand and consider influencing where appropriate. Steve Unger agreed to circulate the relevant documents and to arrange a short overview of this activity as an agenda item for the next meeting.
Action 3 - 31/5 - Steve Unger agreed to circulate the UK response to the call for input on the forthcoming review of the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications and Services and to arrange a short overview of this activity as an agenda item for the next meeting.
7.1 The next meeting will be 12.00 to 16.00 on 26 th June 2006 at Riverside House.
7.2 Future scheduled meetings:
| Date | Meeting | Time |
| 26/6/2006 | NGNuk Meeting (previous date of 29/6 clashes with another NGN industry event) | 12.00 - 16.00 |
| 27/7/2006 | NGNuk Meeting | 10.00 - 14.00 |
| 31/8/2006 | NGNuk Meeting | 10.00 - 14.00 |
| 28/9/2006 | NGNuk Meeting | 10.00 - 14.00 |
| 26/10/2006 | NGNuk Meeting | 10.00 - 14.00 |
| 30/11/2006 | NGNuk Meeting | 10.00 - 14.00 |
| 14/12/2006 | NGNuk Meeting | 10.00 - 14.00 |
Clive Fedida
NGNuk Office
07802 782357
020 7783 4684
clive.fedida@ngnuk.org.uk
| Action 6 - 30/3 - Huw Saunders to set up a presentation from the co-chairs of the Consult21 Network Hooks Group to explain why the workgroup appears to be having difficulty making progress. 27/4 - Huw Saunders hopes to confirm this next week. 31/5 - The Industry co-chair Antony Millington (C&W) has been in contact with NGNuk and will cover the action item as an agenda item at the next meeting. The BT co-chair Andrew Fielden will also attend. Tony Siebert and Tarquin Bellinger agreed to brief their respective co-chairs on the purpose of the presentation namely to bring out the issues and their underlying reasons that the group were having difficulty with and what would help in overcoming them. Ongoing | Huw Saunders |
| Action 1 - 27/4 - Members agreed to socialise the latest draft constitution within their businesses and submit completed feedback by close of business Friday 28th April. Members also agreed to provide the legal entity name of the company that will be signatory to their membership application. 31/5 - Action discharged. CLOSED | All Executive Members |
| Action 2 - 27/4 - Peter Black to circulate draft press release inviting NGNuk membership applications by Thursday 4 th May. 31/5 - Action discharged. CLOSED | Peter Black |
| Action 3 - 27/4 - It was agreed that the next meeting will focus on the commercial work-stream. The secretariat will prepare a brief for members outlining the session objectives and agenda and the advance preparation required by members. In outline, members' input for the session will be called for within two weeks (ie. 12th May) and will be aggregated by the secretariat and used to structure the Executive session on 31st May. 31/5 - Action discharged. CLOSED | All Executive Members |
| Action 1 - 31/5 - All Executive Members were asked to review the final draft Top Level Principles list and feedback any final comments by Friday 2 nd June 2006. | All Executive Members |
| Action 2 - 31/5 - All Executive Members to nominate suitable individuals from their organisations to come together for a workshop to prepare a first draft reference model for a base set of services by the next NGNuk Executive meeting. | All Executive Members |
| Action 3 - 31/5 - Steve Unger agreed to circulate the UK response to the call for input on the forthcoming review of the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications and Services and to arrange a short overview of this activity as an agenda item for the next meeting. | Steve Unger |