by TheISPA | Jun 27, 2014 | Political Monitor
Broadband Parliamentary Questions The Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey MP confirmed that the £250 million allocated to broadband in 2015-16 and 2016-17 would, with match funding, be used to enable superfast broadband coverage to be extended to 95% of premises by...
by TheISPA | Jun 20, 2014 | Political Monitor
Broadband Government responds to Rural Broadband Programme The Government has published a response to the Public Accounts Committee’s Rural Broadband after the Committee submitted its report in April. The report made recommendations on post code data and rollout...
by TheISPA | Jun 13, 2014 | Political Monitor
Broadband Parliamentary Questions In response to a parliamentary question, the Communications Minister, Ed Vaizey MP, explained that the Government supports an open internet and believes that the self-regulation is the best approach to achieve this. He also explained...
by TheISPA | Jun 6, 2014 | Political Monitor
Broadband Wales – Digital Economy debate A debate on the digital economy was held in the Welsh Assembly, key topics were connectivity, rural broadband and digital inclusion. Paul Davies AM’s motion proposed that the National Assembly for Wales: Recognises the...
by TheISPA | May 30, 2014 | Political Monitor
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...
by TheISPA | May 16, 2014 | Political Monitor
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...