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Lord Carter on playing politics with Digital Britain
News ZDNet UK caught up with Lord Carter after his speech on Wednesday to discuss the future for his recommendations, particularly those regarding next-generation broadband access, wireless spectrum and how to deal with persistent file-sharers of...
[October 7, 2009, 13:07]
Digital Britain: Broadband in every home by 2012
News The Digital Britain interim report from minister for communications, technology and broadcasting Lord Carter, published today, calls for every home in the country to be broadband-enabled by 2012. Under the plans set out by Lord Carter, all Britons...
[January 29, 2009, 17:03]
2012 Olympics may see Tube mobile coverage
News Communications minister Lord Carter has put the idea of mobile coverage on the London Underground back on the government agenda, only months after it was revealed that a planned Tube mobile trial had been shelved indefinitely.
[June 18, 2009, 9:17]
Digital Britain report delayed
Blog Comment The delay has been reportedly delayed because Lord Carter had problems uploading the pdf version of the report, after several hours he realised that BT's upload speed was only 'upto' 384Kbps. It was quoted that a Lord Carter became Angry after...
[June 14, 2009, 6:10]
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]
Digital Britain report delayed?
Blog The government has said that the Digital Britain report may be delayed, and has confirmed timing for when Lord Carter will step down. Lord Carter will present his report to Cabinet on Tuesday before it is published later next week," said the...
[June 12, 2009, 17:56]
Gov't confusion over national 2Mbps commitment
Blog Andy Carter (no relation to Stephen, Lord Carter) said in a discussion session that Digital Britain had called for broadband speeds of up-to-2Mbps to be instituted across the country, and that 2Mbps was not a minimum requirement of the strategy.
[October 15, 2009, 16:07]
Ofcom may free up more room for mobile broadband
News The consultation follows Lord Carter's pledge to offer universal broadband access of up to 2Mbps by 2012 via fixed and wireless networks in the interim Digital Britain report. However, O2 and Vodafone are pinning their hopes on discussions between...
[February 16, 2009, 8:18]
Gov't proposes disconnecting file-sharers
News Lord Carter discounted this measure as unnecessarily harsh in his Digital Britain report, which kicked off the P2P consultation in June. In the Digital Britain report, Lord Carter put forward a variety of technical measures, such as bandwidth...
[August 25, 2009, 13:46]
EC expects legal issues around Phorm to be resolved
News Information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding told ZDNet UK in Brussels on Thursday that she had discussed the trials of the technology with UK communications minister Lord Carter. I spoke about [the technology] with Lord Carter [and] I...
[March 6, 2009, 15:31]
File-sharer crackdown could be expedited
Blog However, Stephen Timms — the successor to Digital Britain author Lord Carter — told the Financial Times on Friday that the issue was a "live area" and proposals to tackle copyright violations should perhaps be brought forward.
[August 17, 2009, 15:46]
Experts: Broadband access is priority over fibre
News There have already been hints from government that broadband access could soon become a right for Britons, after minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, Lord Stephen Carter, said universal broadband access could offer huge...
[January 27, 2009, 7:51]
Digital Britain calls for 50p broadband levy
News Lord Carter presented his Digital Britain report on Tuesday Lord Carter's Digital Britain report, published on Tuesday, calls for a monthly 50p charge to be levied on all fixed copper lines, so as to fund the rollout of fibre-based next-generation...
[June 16, 2009, 18:02]
BBC may help fund UK fibre rollout
News Minister for communications, technology and broadcasting Lord Carter, who is overseeing the report, on Tuesday suggested the BBC could have a part to play in funding the rollout of super-fast broadband networks to areas of the country not served...
[March 12, 2009, 11:05]
Can Digital Britain survive a general election?
Blog One of the most striking themes of yesterday's Westminster eForum on Lord Carter's Digital Britain report, entitled "Dear Stephen", was the widespread uncertainty over whether the report's recommendations will ever be carried out.
[July 10, 2009, 16:34]
No next-gen broadband for 25-30pc of UK
Blog Communications minister Lord Carter, who is preparing the extensive Digital Britain report, has said that much of the country is unlikely to get high-speed, next-generation broadband. Carter told the Telegraph on Monday that there will "certainly...
[April 22, 2009, 12:27]
Privacy activists first to criticise Carter
Blog The first reactions to Lord Carter's interim Digital Britain report have been flooding in, and almost all have been packed with as many fuzzy platitudes as the report itself. Perhaps predictably, given the government's stated intention to force...
[January 29, 2009, 16:07]
Interim Digital Britain report: First impressions
Blog So, we finally have our hands on Lord Carter's interim report, which has been billed as the biggest shakeup for the UK's knowledge economy since the formation of Ofcom (which Carter, funnily enough, used to head up).
[January 29, 2009, 12:03]
Parliament to probe Digital Britain plan
News Many of the government's recommendations in Lord Carter's Digital Britain report, published earlier this month, require new legislation if they are to be put into practice. The 50p-per-month levy on each fixed copper line, as proposed by Carter...
[June 30, 2009, 12:47]
End in sight for spectrum refarming debate
Blog Lord Carter, of Digital Britain fame, has summoned all the mobile operators to a series of meetings, to be chaired by Broadband Stakeholder Group chief Kip Meek. In effect, the issue is holding up the 2.6GHz spectrum auction that was supposed to...
[February 11, 2009, 10:06]
