by TheISPA | Jul 25, 2014 | Political Monitor
Broadband House of Commons Summer adjournment debate The summer adjournment debate in the House of Commons covered a wide range of topics including criticisms of poor broadband coverage raised by Neil Parish MP and Meg Hillier MP. Parish called for more to done to...
by TheISPA | Jul 21, 2014 | Political Monitor
Broadband Federation of Small Businesses calls for more ambitious broadband rollout targets The Federation of Small Businesses has published a report calling for more ambitious targets for the rollout of superfast broadband to businesses across the UK. The report...
by TheISPA | Jul 11, 2014 | Political Monitor
Broadband Government announces Growth Deals to help boost local economies, including extra broadband funding The Government has announced the first instalment of plans to invest £1.2 billion in local economies in a series of “Growth Deals”. The money includes an...
by TheISPA | Jul 4, 2014 | Political Monitor
Broadband Government targets 100% superfast coverage with existing funds Of particular interest is Vaizey’s answer to a question on the roll-out of superfast broadband in areas on the edge of urban centres. In his response he indicated that the money which has been...
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...
