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...

Political Monitor 23/12/2016

Merry Christmas!   From all of us here at ISPA let us wish you a happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year!   Broadband   Government announce broadband reinvestment as part of BDUK clawback mechanism Government announced it would be using a £440m...

Political Monitor 16/12/2016

  Broadband   Digital Economy Bill has Second Reading in the Lords The Digital Economy Bill had its Second Reading in the House of Lords. In general, there was a lot of focus on the age verification provisions with Labour highlighting a lack of oversight of...