Political Monitor 10/02/2017

Broadband uSwitch Report finds 38% price rise in out-of-contract charges in five years A uSwitch report has found that out-of-contract broadband prices have increased by 38% for copper and 19% for fibre broadband while in-contract prices haven’t changed since 2011....

Political Monitor 03/02/2017

Broadband   Lords Committee session on EU Telecoms Package The House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee held a one-off evidence session with Ofcom and industry on the EU Telecoms Package. The session covered a wide range of topics, including: the role of...

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...

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...