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The role of the Business and Technology Division is to...

• Create and develop policy and legislation particularly in the areas of Internet, Fixed Networks, Convergence, Radio Spectrum, Broadcast Networks, Satellite and Mobile.
• Create and develop policy and legislation in regard to convergence of the above networks.
• Create and implement funding initiatives around new technologies and new uses of existing technologies.
• Develop professional expertise in Business and Technology issues across the entire Communications sector to inform general policy.

Some of our Current Initiatives include

• Radio Communications, Radio Spectrum and the Digital Dividend
• Preparation for and Development of a National Policy Framework for Identifying Spectrum for the Digital Dividend
• Make IT Secure
• Emergency Call Answering and the Single European Emergency Phone Number 112
• World Radio Conference

Agencies Working with this Division

• ComReg (Commission for Communications Regulation, formally named the ODTR)
• IDA (Industrial Development Authority)
• Forfás (Irelands National Policy and Advisory Board for Enterprise, Trade, Science, Technology and Innovation)
• IBEC (Irish Business and Employers Confederation)
• ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
• CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations)
• ICANN (The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
• ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency)