Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry UK telecommunications infrastructure and the UK’s domestic capability

Witnesses Amy Karam (Global Strategist and Fellow at Canadian Global Affairs Institute), Dr Dritan Kaleshi (Head of Technology (5G) at Digital Catapult), and Oliver Dowden (Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Inquiry UK telecommunications infrastructure and the UK’s domestic capability

Witnesses Lord Livingston of Parkhead (Chair at Telecoms Diversification Taskforce), Scott Bailey (Deputy Director of the Diversification Unit at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), Tareq Amin (Chief Technology Officer at Rakuten Mobile), Dr Tobias Feakin (Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology at Australian Government), Dr Ian Levy (Technical Director at National Cyber Security Centre), and Dr Yih-Choung Teh (Group Director for Strategy and Research at Ofcom)

Inquiry UK telecommunications infrastructure and the UK’s domestic capability

Witnesses Ciaran Martin (Professor at University of Oxford), Dr Mike Short (Chief Scientific Adviser at Department for International Trade), Marcus Weldon (President at Bell Labs), Kip Meek (Director at Communications Chambers and the Wireless Infrastructure Group), and Diane Rinaldo (Executive Director at Open RAN Policy Coalition)

Inquiry UK telecommunications infrastructure and the UK’s domestic capability

Witnesses Amy Karam (Global Strategist and Fellow at Canadian Global Affairs Institute), Dr Dritan Kaleshi (Head of Technology (5G) at Digital Catapult), and Oliver Dowden (Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Inquiry UK telecommunications infrastructure and the UK’s domestic capability

Witnesses Dr Yao Wenbing (Vice President Business Development and Partnerships at Huawei UK), Mr Jeremy Thompson (Vice President at Huawei UK), Victor Zhang (Vice President and Chief Representative at Huawei UK), Woojune Kim (Executive Vice President at Samsung), Andrea Dona (Head of Networks at Vodafone UK), and Howard Watson (Chief Technology and Information Officer at BT Group)

Inquiry UK telecommunications infrastructure and the UK’s domestic capability

Witnesses Matthew Evans (Director (Markets) at techUK), Professor Dimitra Simeonidou (Professor of High Performance Networks at University of Bristol), and Attilio Zani (Executive Director at Telecom Infra Project)