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Carter attacks coalition over 2Mbps delay

...Stephen Carter, the author of the former government's Digital Britain report, has... Read more

2 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Ofcom chief executive quits

...Stephen Carter, the chief executive of telecoms and media regulator Ofcom, announced his... Read more

26 May, 2006 by David Meyer

Report: Timms to take over Digital Britain helm

...in The Guardian. Timms, currently financial secretary to the Treasury, will replace Stephen Carter as communications minister, the newspaper said on Monday. According to the... Read more

4 August, 2009 by David Meyer

Ofcom leans towards Government with chief exec

...filling a vacancy created by the resignation in May of former chief Stephen Carter. Richards has a strong government heritage, having largely created the 2003... Read more

5 October, 2006 by Richard Thurston

Ofcom forces action on broadband unbundling

...operational delivery in the UK have been poor by EU standards," said Stephen Carter, Ofcom chief executive. "Now, for the first time, cable operators will... Read more

13 May, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

BT unruffled by ntl's faster broadband promise

...the FT New Media and Broadcasting conference on Tuesday, ntl managing director Stephen Carter promised that 2.5m homes will be able to access the... Read more

5 March, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Digital Britain phone levy not enough, says BT

The government's proposed 50p charge on fixed lines will not be enough to extend next-generation broadband coverage across the whole UK, BT's strategy chief has said Read more

2 July, 2009 by David Meyer

Parliament to probe Digital Britain plan

A select committee is to investigate Lord Carter's Digital Britain recommendations, which include a 2Mbps universal minimum broadband speed and a 50p-per-month levy on fixed lines Read more

30 June, 2009 by David Meyer

Digital Britain recommends 'G Cloud' for gov't IT

The newly published report has advocated that more government IT applications be moved to cloud computing Read more

17 June, 2009 by Kable
Digital Britain: More fudge than foresight

Digital Britain: More fudge than foresight

Digital Britain is to be a hodgepodge of hopes, slapped wrists and best efforts. That's for the best Read more

16 June, 2009 by Leader

Digital Britain calls for 50p broadband levy

Lord Carter has laid out plans for charges on fixed copper lines to fund rural fibre, and has called on Ofcom to force ISPs to crack down on illegal file-sharing Read more

16 June, 2009 by David Meyer

BBC may help fund UK fibre rollout

Communications minister Lord Carter has suggested the BBC could help the rollout of super-fast broadband networks to areas of the country not served by BT and Virgin Media fibre rollouts Read more

12 March, 2009 by Jo Best

Ofcom may free up more room for mobile broadband

The telecoms regulator is consulting on proposals to free up a chunk of spectrum to give a further boost to mobile-broadband services in the UK Read more

16 February, 2009 by Natasha Lomas

Gov't urged to consider 'spectrum for speed' swap

ISPs should be compensated for a £5bn fibre rollout by being given valuable spectrum, says Nesta Read more

20 January, 2009 by David Meyer
Lord Carter: Securing a digital future for Britain

Lord Carter: Securing a digital future for Britain

Stephen Carter, the minister behind the Digital Britain interim report, says we face... Read more

10 February, 2009 by Stephen Carter

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