Political Monitor 07/02/2014

Broadband Terms of Reference for DCMS Digital Communications Strategy Following its Communications Review, the Government announced in June 2013 that it would develop a Digital Communications Strategy. The Government now published a document setting out the terms of...
January Newsletter

January Newsletter

ISPA Awards deadline and ceremony date announced The deadline for the 2014 ISPA Awards has passed and entrants now have until 28th March to complete the written entry forms, whilst broadband and hosting entrants will undergo 10 weeks of technical testing via our...

Political Monitor 31/01/2014

Broadband   Rural broadband PAC session   The Public Accounts Committee held a follow up session on the rural broadband programme. The key concerns were the same as those aired in July’s committee session, where Margaret Hodge MP accused Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK)...

Political Monitor 24/01/2014

Broadband Government publishes updated Broadband Impact Study Following on from the publication of a Literature Review and an Impact Report in 2013, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport published Broadband Impact Study. The new study looks at a range of...

Political Monitor 17/01/2014

Broadband New BDUK Chief Executive & more details on £10m fund to reach last 5% The appointment of a new Broadband Chief Executive, Chris Townsend, coincides with the release of further details about the previously announced £10m fund to support innovative rural...