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"PMR Into The Future" Seminar And Workshop Held On 5 December 2000 |
1. Executive summary
PMR into the Future is a joint initiative from the Federation of Communications Services and the Radiocommunications Agency in response to the changing and challenging environment for the PMR community. The project comprised a series of surveys and information gathering exercises in 2000 culminating in a seminar and workshop on 5 December 2000. This report brings together the outputs from the seminar covering customer requirements, spectrum, and the move to digital systems and promotion of the sector.
Each of the seminar delegates, drawn from the user community, dealers, manufacturers and Radio Agency staff, put their own thoughts and proposals for the future of PMR into the workshop and are thanked for their contributions.
The major themes and discussion are set out in the 15 chapters of this report. A series of projects arise for the PMR community to take forward in a new Radio Agency PMR strategy group to be launched in February 2001:
Clearer definition of user requirements and growth potential in all end user
economic sectors
Redefine and rebrand the service to make it more relevant for customers and
strongly promote its benefits
Urgently set up a new digital project to research, analyse, set aside spectrum
and introduce digital systems
Contribute a PMR strategy to the Agency Spectrum Strategy document
Research and introduce private and public system roaming and co-operation
Iron out any outstanding licensing problems
Undertake a more comprehensive economic analysis of the value of PMR to UK plc
Develop a business equivalent of PMR 446
Consider the competence of suppliers and training requirement of all stakeholders
Monitor health and environmental issues
Set up effective communication methods within the PMR community.
A second event, PMR in the Future, is set for 21 November 2001 to review progress and developments and report back to PMR stakeholders.
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