Political Monitor 28/03/2014

Broadband £10 million superfast broadband fund opens for bids The Culture Secretary, Maria Miller MP, has announced that a £10 million superfast broadband fund is now open for bids. The fund will enable a range of pilot projects to be run, as the Government shifts its...

Political Monitor 21/03/2014

Broadband Which? calls on ISPs to “Give us Broadband Speed Guaranteed” Which? is campaigning for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to ‘Give us Broadband Speed Guaranteed’ so that customers get the speed and service they pay for. New Which? research finds that: 63%...

Political Monitor 14/03/2014

Broadband David Cameron’s speech at CeBIT 2014 The Prime Minister used his speech to promote the UK technology sector and particularly focussed on three specific areas: 5G – A programme of collaborative research between the University of Dresden, King’s College...

Political Monitor 07/03/2014

Broadband Early Day Motion An early day motion (EDM) regarding rural broadband speeds has been tabled by John Mann MP. The EDM calls on Government to “honour its promise to create the best high speed broadband network in Europe by 2015” and avoid the creation of...

Political Monitor 28/02/1014

Broadband Broadband funding announcement The Government has made a broadband spending announcement. Whilst the total figure of £250 million does not represent new money, the Government has provided details for how some of the money will be distributed. Scotland will...

Political Monitor 14/02/2014

Broadband Northern Irish rural broadband project The Northern Ireland Executive announced details of a £24.5million investment to improve rual broadband access in the north of Northern Irleand. The Northern Ireland Broadband Improvement Project is aimed at providing a...