Telefónica and Liberty Global Create Joint Venture for UK Fiber Operator, Supporting Government Data-Driven Decisions

The A British joint venture participated with TelefónicaVirgin Media O2, has been contracted by the UK Office for National Statistics to provide anonymous and complete information for the Integrated Data Service (IDS). Therefore, Teleco works closely to assist the British Government in making informed, data-driven political decisions about public health, regional growth, climate change, employment and other issues.

The aforementioned IDS is a source of information, hosted in the cloud, from where public authorities can understand population dynamics, travel patterns and other movement patterns of the residents. This real-time information is of particular value for quick and efficient decision-making. in some policy areas. That mobile network information from Virgin Media’s O2 business service, O2 Motion, has been available since early April.

Accredited researchers can access O2 transfer results in the IDS, “eliminating the need for additional data agreements and providing a more cost-effective solution for government users.” In addition, Integrating O2 Motion’s mobility insights into IDS enables users to harness the power of data to deal with the complex social challenges facing the rulers.

In addition to the O2 Motion and IDS service, the same data will also be integrated with official surveys from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with the aim of creating future publications that address topics such as population estimates population in small areas. This information is publicly available, with weekly movement data updates.. Currently in public beta, the IDS platform and data disclosure will be expanded over the coming months with the addition of new capabilities, data, projects and users. In fact, O2 Motion data is already available on the platform and will be updated weekly to enable real-time analysis.

Geoff Wappett, head of AI and Data Insights at Virgin Media O2 Business, recalls that the collaboration with the Office for National Statistics (ONS)through the integration of O2 Motion’s aggregated and anonymized data into the Integrated Data Service (IDS), created with data from billions of daily network events, providing officers with reliable information to do their job tell about the time to deal with the great social challenges at the pace set by the times.

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