Political Monitor 13/06/2014

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...

Political Monitor 06/06/2014

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...

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...