Session 9 – Data exploitation and publication

User groups of the integration QoS monitoring platform European Commission Data suppliers Commission DGs (e.g. DG Connect, DG Competition, DG Regio/Agri, etc.) EUROSTAT Joint Research Center National mapping initiatives Crowdsourcing initiatives General User Decision-makers Academia and researchers ICT operators and investors Individual users National administrations EU institutions Politicians at all decision- taking levels

Data exploitation for the European Commission To build evidence-base for EU broadband policy (fixed and wireless) To benchmark and analyse trends regarding broadband coverage and take-up targets To prepare regular development reports To programme and evaluate EU-funded NGN projects, ex ante and ex post To assess the impact of policy initiatives and decisions (state aid…) and electronic communication regulation

Data exploitation for data suppliers To get access to data that is shared between data suppliers – principle of reciprocity To export data from other sources to own database To learn about methodologies To benchmark own initiative To run analysis and use results for documentation / reports To shape EU policy-making by using data as basis of dialog

Data exploitation for decision-makers To define white, grey and black areas for state aid purposes To benchmark national / regional trends To develop evidence-based NGN strategies and policy plans To evaluate public funded individual broadband rollout projects, ex ante and ex post (e.g. coverage planned or achieved) As for data suppliers among public administrations, to use common set of data as basis for dialog with EC etc. on: regulation, policy (targets), state aid, implementation of EU regulatory framework, planning broadband targets To assess mobile coverage obligations (efficient use of spectrum)

Data exploitation for general users Academia / Researchers To assess existing mapping methodologies to contribute to standardization discussion about QoS data collection To use data for further analysis with market and socio-economic data ICT operators and investors To conduct market analysis To allocate investments according to demand Individual users To benchmark broadband connectivity and user‘s experience To make informed decisions about business sites / real-estate Customer-relationship / choose best operator