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The following tables provide details of all our policy projects for 2007/8 and the operational projects that are thought to be of interest to our stakeholders. We have organised the projects to show how they relate to our three-year strategic framework and our policy priorities for 2007/8.

A. Driving forward a market-based approach to spectrum

• Driving forward spectrum liberalisation and trading - additional policy work
• Releasing more spectrum to allow new services to develop
• Co-ordinating international spectrum policy

B. Promoting competition and innovation in converging markets

• Understanding wireless platforms as convergence progresses
• Assessing new sources of market power that emerge through convergence
• Promoting competition in converging markets
• Securing competition and efficient investment in next-generation networks
• Promoting competition and innovation in converging markets – additional policy work

C. Delivering public outcomes as platforms and services converge

• Reviewing how we protect viewers and listeners through content regulation
• Promoting access and inclusion
• Maintaining diverse and high-quality content in public service broadcasting
• Delivering public outcomes as platforms and services converge – additional policy work

D. Improving compliance and empowering citizens and consumers

• Promoting media literacy and enabling consumers to make informed choices
• Making enforcement more targeted and effective
• Ensuring consumers can switch providers quickly and easily
• Improving compliance and empowering citizens and consumers – additional policy work

E. Moving towards more consistent legal and economic frameworks

We will focus on this area in the second and third years of our strategic framework, but will begin preparatory work in 2008/9 as resources allow.

F. Reducing regulation and minimising administrative burdens

• Reducing regulation and minimising administrative burdens

G. Maximising our impact on international policy development

• Maximising our impact on international policy development

H. Operational activity

• Operational activity

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