Political Monitor 27/01/2017

Broadband   Openreach sets dark fibre access trial for August 2017 Openreach will to run a provision trial of their new Dark Fibre Access (DFA) product between August and September 2017 for Ethernet offering ISPs. The DFA product gives rival ISPs physical access...

ISPA Awards – Deadline to enter 27th January

The 2017 ISPA Awards, the ISPAs are the 19th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards. Entry to the ISPAs is free and is open to all those offering broadband, hosting, cloud and VoIP services, as well as resellers, hardware providers and those who have made the Internet a...

Political Monitor 20/01/2017

  Copyright   Lords debate the creative industries post-Brexit There was a short debate in the House of Lords on the impact of Brexit upon the creative industries. Lord Clement-Jones led the debate, and highlighted his concern that creative industries were...

Political Monitor 13/01/2017

  Broadband   Local Government Finance Bill published Following their announcement in the Autumn Statement, Government have brought forward proposals which will give companies laying fibre infrastructure a tax break for up to 5 years on the new...

Political Monitor 06/01/2017

  Broadband   Government launch consultation on extending local full fibre broadband networks Government has launched a consultation on extending local full fibre networks which seeks to gather feedback on the best use of public funding to encourage further...