Consult21 working groups evolve to help participants save time

Improving its 21CN focus and making better use of everyone's time is the objective of the restructure of Consult21 that goes live this month. There'll be fewer working groups and less duplication of discussions.

Following feedback and discussions with Communications Providers, Consult21 is introducing a new Portfolio working group to replace several other working groups. For the first time it will provide a single forum for discussions across BT Wholesale's key 21CN products, and BT Wholesale/Openreach product migrations from 20CN.

The BT Co-Chair of the new group is Nigel Scott, BT Wholesale's General Manager - 21CN Industry Consultation; and he looks forward to being joined by his industry counterparts at the group's inaugural meeting on Thursday 6 November 2008.

The Portfolio Working Group joins the four others that are the result of the recent streamlining process, down from an original nine. They are:

Implementation & Migration (IMWG)
Communications
Master Service Agreement (MSA) Contracts
Network Interoperability Consultative Committee - Business-to-Business (NICC B2B)

Speaking on behalf of BT Wholesale's Consult21 team, Helen Nurse says: "We appreciate that time is short for everyone. So this new tighter focus means that we can continue to discuss all the key topics but also that CPs' experts can cut down on the meetings they need to attend and so feel less stretched."

The new working group structure is the latest development in the long evolutionary history of Consult21, the consultation programme that since 2004 has been providing Communications Providers with regular 21CN updates plus the opportunity to influence plans by sharing their views and contributing ideas.

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Visit our new easy-to-use Consult21 homepage to learn more about 21CN and the consultation programme.

Find out about the new Portfolio working group - and how to join it - by contacting consult21@bt.com

Read about the work of the other working groups - and see their calendar of meeting dates - here.