by TheISPA | May 1, 2015 | Political Monitor
Manifestos The Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) have published their manifestos ahead of the General Election on 7th May. Both parties may influence the make-up of the next Government in the event of a hung parliament....
by TheISPA | Apr 17, 2015 | Political Monitor
Manifestos This week has seen most of the major political parties launch their manifestos ahead of the General Election on May 7th. The key manifesto commitments of relevance to ISPA members are detailed below. Labour On Monday, the Labour Party launched its...
by TheISPA | Apr 10, 2015 | Political Monitor
Ofcom Research shows that 4G significantly outperforms 3G networks Ofcom published research showing that, in the five sample towns and cities tested, (Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle and Poole/Bournemouth) 4G networks performed much better than 3G networks....
by TheISPA | Mar 27, 2015 | Political Monitor
Broadband DCMS announces that 14,000 small businesses have received Connection Vouchers This week the Government published figures revealing that 14,000 businesses had received Connection Vouchers (broadband grants of up to £3,000) to date as part of the...
by TheISPA | Mar 20, 2015 | Political Monitor
Broadband Broadband announcements feature prominently in Budget In the final budget of the Coalition Government before the General Election on May 7, a number of announcements of relevance to broadband rollout were announced: As expected and discussed at last...
by TheISPA | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog, ISPA Newsletter, News, Political Monitor, Press Releases
The Internet has revolutionised the way consumers communicate and consume media over the last ten years, so ISPA agrees with Ofcom that now is the right time to review the market. Broadband has become ubiquitous, increasingly faster and more affordable in the last ten...