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Join the webcast of The Future
Join the webcast of The Future with High Speed
Broadband: Opportunities for New Zealand conference
The Commerce Commission conference The Future with High Speed Broadband: Opportunities for New Zealand being held over the next two days at Sky City Hotel in Auckland is being webcast.
The webcast will be live streamed on: www.futurebroadband.co.nz
The full
programme for the conference is available at: www.futurebroadband.co.nz/programme
Hon
Amy Adams, Minister for Communications and Information
Technology, will be delivering a Ministerial address at
9:15am on Tuesday 21 February.
The conference is being held on level 4 of the Sky City Convention Centre, 88 Federal Street, on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 February 2012.
The Commission encourages interested parties to join the discussions at the conference using the Twitter handle: @FutureBroadband or #FutureBB.
Background
The
Commission is carrying out a high speed broadband services
demand-side study to identify and inform on any factors that
may impede the uptake of high speed broadband services in
New Zealand. A copy of the terms of reference for the study
can be found at: www.comcom.govt.nz/high-speed-broadband-services-demand-side-study
The study is conducted under Section 9A of the Telecommunications Act 2001, which empowers the Commission to conduct inquiries, reviews and studies into any matter relating to the telecommunications industry for the long-term benefit of end-users of telecommunications services within New Zealand.
The timeline for the high speed broadband services demand-side study is below.
Date Activity
19 Dec 2011 Publication of
Technical Issues Paper
24 Jan 2012 Publication of
e-Learning/e-Health Paper
7 Feb 2012 Publication of
Willingness to Pay/Content Paper
20-21 Feb 2012 The
Future with High Speed Broadband: Opportunities for New
Zealand conference
9 April 2012 Publication of the study
draft report
4 May 2012 Due date for submissions on the
draft report
28 May 2012 Publication of the study final
report
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