by TheISPA | Jun 14, 2019 | Political Monitor
Broadband EFRA Committee session on Rural Broadband The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee took oral evidence from Openreach, INCA and MobileUK as part of their inquiry into rural broadband. The Committee questioned Openreach on the introduction of the USO,...
by TheISPA | Jun 7, 2019 | Political Monitor
Broadband Telecoms Consumer Advocate DCMS announced that a new Telecoms Consumer Advocate will be created with the “power to stand up for consumers” across mobile, broadband, pay-TV and landline services. This was first consulted on as part of the BEIS consumer green...
by TheISPA | May 31, 2019 | Political Monitor
Broadband EFRA Committee launch inquiry on rural broadband The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee have launched a short follow up inquiry into Rural Broadband and digital only services. This follows a previous inquiry in 2014/5 on the same topic. The...
by TheISPA | May 24, 2019 | Political Monitor
Broadband DCMS launches Rural Gigabit Connectivity Programme The Government officially launched its Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) programme, the first step of its “outside in” approach outlined in the FTIR. This is aimed at the 10% of premises that would be...
by TheISPA | May 17, 2019 | Political Monitor
Broadband Treasury Committee questions NIC and IPA Representatives from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) and Infrastructure and Projects Authority were questioned by the Treasury Committee on a range of infrastructure issues, including the security of 5G...
by TheISPA | May 10, 2019 | Political Monitor
Broadband Secretary of State questioned by DCMS Committee Digital Secretary, Jeremy Wright MP, appeared in front of the DCMS Committee and was questioned on a range of topics including broadband rollout. The questioning, led by SNP MP Brendan O’Hara, pushed Wright on...
