Political Monitor 06/07/2018

Broadband Parliamentary Question Stephen Timms MP raised the issue of business rating on telecommunications infrastructure in a Parliamentary Question to the local government Minister Rishi Sunak MP. Sunak highlighted the existing business rates relief for new fibre...

Political Monitor 29/06/2018

Broadband  Ombudsman Services publish guidelines to updated General Conditions   In September 2017, Ofcom published the results of its review of the General Conditions. The revised General Conditions come into effect on 1 October 2018 and include a range of new...

Political Monitor 22/06/2018

Broadband DCMS Questions DCMS ministers Margot James MP and Secretary of State Matt Hancock MP, were questioned on a range of digital issues in the House of Commons: James stated the intention of DCMS to review other technological options for broadband delivery, such...

Political Monitor 15/06/2018

Broadband Michael Gove speaks to EFRA committee on rural broadbandEnvironment Secretary, Michael Gove MP, appeared in front of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in which he discussed the Government’s plans to improve rural broadband. Gove was critical...

Political Monitor 08/06/2018

Broadband Report by Deloitte and DCMS on the impacts of mobile broadband and 5G DCMS have published a report, developed in conjunction with Deloitte, on the economic and social impacts of mobile broadband and 5G. The report stated that there is a “clear consensus that...

Political Monitor 25/05/2018

Broadband Chancellor backs full fibre roll out at CBI dinner The Chancellor, Philip Hammond MP, has used a speech to the CBI to highlight his own support for the rollout of digital infrastructure across the UK. He stated that fibre networks will be “the enabling...