This week, I visited Lisbon for professional purposes in order to give a presentation on next generation broadband on behalf of the Ofcom Consumer Panel. I was only in the city for 48 hours but I managed to do a lot: a day at the conference, half a day’s sightseeing, and three meals in restaurants.
\nThe evening before the conference, I dined with the Ofcom speaker at the event: Chinyelu Onwurah, Head of Telecoms Technology at the regulator. The evening after the conference, I had dinner with Paula Neves whom I first met in Lisbon in 1993. Then, on the last afternoon, I had lunch with Vanda Jesus who works for the organisation which hosted the conference. I know – all young, intelligent, attractive women. What can I say?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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