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Government announces broadband investment
Blog In advance of the Digital Britain final report, the Government will review the powers and duties of Ofcom to ensure it can strike the right balance between delivering competition and encouraging investment in the communications infrastructure.
[April 22, 2009, 13:24]
Digital Britain report panned by Tories, experts
News The Digital Britain report has drawn criticism from politicians and technology experts over its proposals for dealing with fibre rollouts and illegal file-sharing. Shortly after its publication, Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative Party's shadow...
[June 17, 2009, 16:09]
Australia takes national broadband project public
News We are expecting the government to say how far private investment can go when they publish the final Digital Britain report. In the UK, the government has yet to decide on a national broadband strategy, with its Digital Britain report due for final...
[April 7, 2009, 15:17]
Parliament to probe Digital Britain plan
News A parliamentary select committee is to check whether the recommendations proposed in the Digital Britain report are realistic, particularly those regarding broadband speed. Many of the government's recommendations in Lord Carter's Digital Britain...
[June 30, 2009, 12:47]
Government to reassess tech strategy
News The Digital Britain report, being undertaken by Lord Carter and due in the summer, will "establish the framework for a fundamental transformation of our broadband infrastructure", said the Berr report.
[April 20, 2009, 15:27]
Digital Britain phone levy not enough, says BT
News The fund was proposed by the government in Lord Carter's Digital Britain report, which was published last month. The Digital Britain recommendations are to be scrutinised by a Commons select committee, which will examine issues including the...
[July 2, 2009, 15:05]
Ntl plays down speculation of a separate float
News According to the company it had 325,000 digital customers at the end of September, up from 230,000 in the second quarter, and a total of 3.1 million customers for its telephone and cable TV services in Britain and Ireland.
[October 30, 2000, 11:29]
How is Digital Britain really doing?
Comment So, where does this leave Digital Britain and particularly the 'final third'? Stephen Timms, minister for Digital Britain, will address the conference, as will Jeremy Hunt, shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport.
[October 21, 2009, 16:35]
Comms minister calls for universal broadband access
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum and Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar on Digital Britain in London today, Lord Carter, the minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, said the communications sector is at a "turning point...
[January 15, 2009, 7:32]
Angela Smith named as government IT minister
News At the time the government confirmed Stephen Timms's new role as Digital Britain minister at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Mike O'Brien's responsibility for NHS IT at the Department of Health.
[October 16, 2009, 12:13]
TalkTalk attacks BT local-loop price hikes
News In a statement on Monday, BT's director of industry policy and regulation, Emma Gilthorpe, said it was "astonishing and ludicrous [of TalkTalk] to suggest that people will be locked out of Britain's digital revolution by BT".
[March 9, 2009, 16:11]
Government accepts broadband recommendations
News E-commerce minister Douglas Alexander insisted on Monday that the government was still committed to making Britain a leading broadband nation, as he accepted all but one of the recommendations made by the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG).
[December 3, 2001, 17:17]
Tories pledge to boost broadband and e-commerce
News In its document, Common Sense for E-Commerce, the Conservative party warns that Britain is "losing the lead" in the new economy as a result of "ill-judged" government policies. Find out with ZDNet UK's Broadband Britain Guide.
[April 17, 2001, 13:30]
Government unveils broadband master plan
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms has told ZDNet UK that the creation of the Regional Aggregation Bodies (RABs), announced on Thursday, is a "very significant development" in the creation of Broadband Britain.
[July 31, 2003, 11:00]
100Mbps broadband a reality by 2007
News Britain is rapidly catching up on Europe and America in terms of broadband technology, according to Telewest. Britain was the last country to launch broadband, but our take-up rate is faster than both the US and France.
[September 23, 2005, 16:55]
Timms: Next-gen broadband key to UK economy
News Companies including BT, which has invested billions in overhauling its core network to an all-IP network known as "21CN", and Virgin Media, which has announced plans to roll out an up-to-50Mbps broadband service by the end of next year, joined...
[November 28, 2007, 9:39]
Europe sets state-aid rules for broadband rollouts
News And in June's Digital Britain report, the government proposed a 50p-per-month levy on fixed lines across the country with the aim of funding the rollout of next-generation broadband to unprofitable areas.
[September 18, 2009, 13:15]
Tony Blair damned with high praise
Leader Blair is a busy man, but not too busy to ever lose sight of the fact that the future of Britain is based on its ability to educate and to lead," says Chambers. But the government agency charged with promoting the use of IT in schools has admitted...
[August 9, 2006, 15:25]
Analysis: What Labour should do with the e-minister
News Find out with ZDNet UK's Broadband Britain Guide. Where is broadband Britain? Britain is one of the few European countries with unmetered access and our narrowband services are widely regarded as some of the cheapest in the world.
[May 10, 2001, 11:15]
North promised broadband cable network
News The £28m deal will see Alcatel supplying network equipment needed for the construction of a high-speed data network in an area that is currently being largely left behind by Broadband Britain. Aggressive service providers like omne insist on...
[November 9, 2001, 12:15]
