INCA Standards Group

INCA has continued to work in the area of standards for our members and our industry. We have more members accredited as Gold Standard networks. We contributed to the GigaTAG report which included the Gold Standard. This led to Ofcom being tasked with seeing if the wider industry could agree and convened the Ofcom Working Group on Common Standards for Consumer information on Broadband Products. An intro to that Working Group and Ofcom meeting schedules are on this page..Documents and papers for/from the Ofcom meetings are here.

We have therefore revitalised the Quality Mark Working Group into the INCA Standards group. This will consider the changes we could do to our scheme to include a Gigabit-capable mark. It will also allow members to discuss the work coming out of Ofcom and give their feedback.

The INCA Standards Group has agreed to meet in the week prior to the Ofcom WG meetings so that INCA Members can give their input to the Ofcom process. The Group will also consider other matters:

  1. Ofcom WG report and INCA feedback for next WG
  2. Amendments to INCA Gold Standard
    1. Consistency with Ofcom Code
    2. Gigabit-capable
    3. Adding FTTB
    4. General updates
    5. BDUK criteria
  3. Work with BSI
    1. Developing a BSI PAS
    2. Building to a BSI Kitemark?

You can join the mailing list here.

INCA Standards Group   Ofcom WG
(papers are here)
usually 14:30 - 15:30** (changed from initial 14:00) usually 15:00 - 1700
    Session 1 - Wed 15 Sep 21
Tue 28 Sep 21 14:00 - 16:00 slidestack and notes Session 2 - Wed 7 Oct 21
Tue 19 Oct 21 slidestack and Zoom recording
(use passcode &=9QGy8a) 		 Session 3 - Wed 27 Oct 21 13:00 - 15:00
Tue 16 Nov 21** slidestack and notes Session 4 Wed 24 Nov 21 14:00 - 16:00 *
Wed 2 Feb 22 11:00 - 12:00 **** Agenda and paper for review
slidestack
final paper for Ofcom		 Session 5 - Tue 8 Feb 22 11:00 - 12:30 ***
Tue tba   Session 6 - Wed tba
Tue tba   Session 7 - Wed tba
Tue tba   Session 8 - Wed tba

* please note date and time change from Wed 17th 15:00

** please note timing change as of Dec 21 date change from Tue 9th

*** please note date change from Dec 21, then from Wed 9 Feb 22

**** please note new date and time

Attached file: 
PDF icon inca_qmgs_28_sep_21.pdf
PDF icon inca_standards_group_meeting_notes_from_tues_28_sep_21_2pm.pdf
PDF icon inca_sg_19_oct_21.pdf
Private attached file: 
PDF icon inca_sg_16_nov_21.pdf
PDF icon inca_sg_meeting_notes_from_tues_16_nov_21_2pm.pdf
PDF icon inca_sg_2_feb_22.pdf
PDF icon inca_standards_group_ofcom_position_rc_v2.0.pdf