by TheISPA | Sep 22, 2017 | Political Monitor
Broadband Parliamentary Questions Following the announcement of the 6 areas to be included in the first wave of the Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme, which includes the Gigabit Voucher Scheme, Ben Lake MP (Plaid) asked Government how the areas were selected...
by TheISPA | Sep 15, 2017 | Political Monitor
Broadband “The Great British Broadband Boost” The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced that £645m will be clawed back over the current superfast broadband rollout programmes which would now be reinvested in reaching the most remote areas,...
by TheISPA | Sep 8, 2017 | Political Monitor
Broadband Telecoms Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill The Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill was approved by the Commons and moves to the House of Lords for scrutiny. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,...
by TheISPA | Sep 1, 2017 | Political Monitor
Broadband New Fibre Business Rates Relief Consultation The Government has published a consultation on draft regulations for their 5-year business rate relief proposals. The Government proposes that the rate relief will only apply to “new fibre” which was not already...
by TheISPA | Aug 11, 2017 | Political Monitor
Broadband Sadiq Khan announces plans to tackle ‘Not-Spots’ Today the Mayor of London announced a range of initiatives to boost connectivity across the capital. This will include the creation of a ‘Not-Spot Team’ which will specifically target areas with a poor...
by TheISPA | Aug 4, 2017 | Political Monitor
Broadband Summary of Broadbad 2.0 Report The British Infrastructure Group (BIG), the campaigning group led by Grant Shapps MP, published its Broadbad 2.0 report, arguing that 6.7m UK broadband connections may not hit the 10Mbps minimum Ofcom has set as a standard for...
