October Newsletter

ISPA Conference 2017 – What lies ahead for the UK Internet Industry Sponsored by Media Partner  ISPA's 12th Annual Conference is taking place on Wednesday 8th November at the iconic BT Tower, London. It is ISPA’s largest and most high profile policy event and comes at...

Political Monitor 29/09/2017

Broadband ISPA Hosts Alternative Dispute Resolution Workshop with Ombudsman Services ISPA hosted a workshop this week with Ombudsman Services (OS) on alternative dispute resolution (ADR), alongside ITSPA, the VoIP trade association. During the workshop, OS provided...

Political Monitor 22/09/2017

Broadband Parliamentary Questions Following the announcement of the 6 areas to be included in the first wave of the Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme, which includes the Gigabit Voucher Scheme, Ben Lake MP (Plaid) asked Government how the areas were selected...

Political Monitor 15/09/2017

Broadband “The Great British Broadband Boost” The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced that £645m will be clawed back over the current superfast broadband rollout programmes which would now be reinvested in reaching the most remote areas,...

Political Monitor 08/09/2017

Broadband Telecoms Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill The Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill was approved by the Commons and moves to the House of Lords for scrutiny. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government,...

Political Monitor 01/09/2017

Broadband New Fibre Business Rates Relief Consultation The Government has published a consultation on draft regulations for their 5-year business rate relief proposals. The Government proposes that the rate relief will only apply to “new fibre” which was not already...

September Newsletter

ISPA Conference 2017 – Early Bird Tickets on Sale What lies ahead for the UK Internet Industry Sponsored by     Media partner     ISPA's 12th Annual Conference is taking place on Wednesday 8th November at the iconic BT Tower, London. It is ISPA’s...

Political Monitor 11/08/2017

Broadband Sadiq Khan announces plans to tackle ‘Not-Spots’ Today the Mayor of London announced a range of initiatives to boost connectivity across the capital. This will include the creation of a ‘Not-Spot Team’ which will specifically target areas with a poor...