Political Monitor 30/05/2014

Ofcom Changes to Openreach and competition in superfast broadband market announced Ofcom has published a range of draft decisions, which have been presented to the European Commission for final approval (expected in June 2014), as part of their wider Fixed Access...

Political Monitor 16/05/2014

Broadband Parliamentary Questions In response to questions on fibre broadband, Ed Vaizey MP, the Communications Minister stated that: Where it is effective and sustainable, there should be competition at all levels of the telecoms system Sub-loop unbundling (SLU) is a...

Political Monitor 09/05/2014

Broadband Welsh superfast broadband scheme under review The Wales Audit Office (WAO) is conducting a review into the amount of money being spent on rolling out superfast broadband across Wales. The review will include a survey of around 1000 businesses and homes. The...

Political Monitor 02/05/2014

Broadband Ofcom publish fixed-line broadband performance report Ofcom have published their most recent broadband performance report. Key findings of the report, covering May to November 2013 include: One in four UK residential fixed broadband connections is...

Political Monitor 11/04/2014

Broadband Westminster Hall debate on superfast broadband in rural areas of North of England Andrew Jones MP led a Westminster Hall debate on the roll-out of superfast broadband in rural areas of the North of England. Jones and fellow MPs emphasised the Internet’s...

Political Monitor 04/04/2014

Broadband Fiftieth PAC Report: The Rural Broadband Programme The Public Accounts Committee has published a further critical report into the Government Rural Broadband Programme, following the Government response to its initial report last year. The Committee expressed...