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Superfast broadband: Whitehall tells ISPs to crack the rural problem

...support the previous government's proposed funding mechanism for superfast broadband - the Next Generation Levy - Hunt claimed the £6 per year tax on telephones lines... Read more

16 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

50p broadband tax will be law in 2010

...expected to pass into law in 2010. The tax, known as the Next Generation Levy, will see every home with a landline charged 50p per... Read more

10 December, 2009 by Nick Heath

50p superfast broadband tax jettisoned as election looms

...ahead of the general election. The tax on landlines, known as the Next Generation Levy, was proposed in the government's Digital Britain report last... Read more

7 April, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

£6 superfast broadband-for-all tax will arrive this October

...tax on UK landlines will come into effect later this year. The next-generation levy, announced last year, will help pay for the government's... Read more

24 March, 2010 by Jo Best

Fibre broadband handouts could be clawed back if rollouts make too much cash

...to go without fibre. The fund will come from the so-called Next Generation Levy - a 50p per month tax on landlines announced in the... Read more

7 January, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Gov't confirms 50p landline tax for broadband funding

...tax on UK landlines will come into effect later this year. The next-generation levy, announced last year, will help pay for the government's... Read more

25 March, 2010 by Jo Best

MPs condemn 50p broadband levy as 'regressive'

...to pay the premium for such services." The charge, known as the Next Generation Levy, was proposed in the Lord Carter's Digital Britain report... Read more

23 February, 2010 by David Meyer

Next-gen broadband: We need to get a move on, says Timms

...paid for 3G spectrum licences. Timms reiterated his determination to get the Next Generation Levy - which will be included in the Finance Bill - before Parliament... Read more

29 January, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

The Weekly Round-Up: 09.04.10

Finally, the announcement we've all been waiting for... Read more

9 April, 2010 by The Round-Up

Broadband tax slammed by MPs

...ill-directed". The 50p per month tax on telephone lines - aka the Next Generation Levy - was proposed by the government last year as a way... Read more

23 February, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Which of Labour's big IT projects will survive the Tory axe?

...for the final third of the population. The tax, known as the Next Generation Levy, is set to pass into law this year. In the... Read more

22 January, 2010 by Nick Heath

BT fibre rollout ready for Olympics starting gun?

...a tax on landlines to help fund fibre in the UK. This Next Generation Levy of 50p per month on landlines is expected to raise... Read more

22 December, 2009 by Natasha Lomas

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