Building Digital UK gives update on Project Gigabit
In an exclusive interview the head of BDUK shares an update on the Gigabit Project, as over £2 billion of the total £5 billion investment programme are already underway.
In an exclusive interview the head of BDUK shares an update on the Gigabit Project, as over £2 billion of the total £5 billion investment programme are already underway.
Communication, collaboration and a common approach will be key to accelerating the development of fibre and 5G networks in the UK, according to a new government report.
The UK government on Tuesday introduced its digital markets bill, a move designed to improve competition and protect consumers.
One of the more intriguing recipients of this week’s UK government telecoms spending spree was Bristol University’s REASON initiative.
If it wasn’t already obvious that UK consumers are in for a bleak winter, the government this week called on CSPs to spread the word about their social tariffs.
The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill is supposed to help smooth fibre rollouts as well as address security issues on smart gadgets.
Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries says replacing EU GDPR data rules with reforms that would involve less ‘box ticking’ will promote economic growth in the UK, and is one of the ‘biggest rewards’ of Brexit.
The UK’s network operators are now compelled to implement tough new security rules imposed by the government on pain of massive fines.
Soaring inflation has produced a ‘cost of living crisis’, with many UK households potentially unable to pay their bills, but what should providers be expected to do about it?
Speculation over BT’s future can begin again in earnest after Altice’s stake-building was given the all-clear from the UK government.
A new scheme allows broadband and mobile providers to check on the benefit eligibility of their customers with the DWP, since apparently only 1.2% of those that are able to take discounted ‘social tariff’ offers do so.
The UK government is dangling £25 million of funding in front of telcos and universities for 5G and 6G network equipment R&D, which essentially means Open RAN.
Customers in the UK who are struggling to pay their broadband and mobile bills are to get help under a new deal agreed between the government and operators.
Mexico’s telecoms regulator has given the go-ahead for what is effectively a state bailout of Altan Redes, which operates the country’s shared LTE network.
In an interview with the FT Clive Selley, CEO of UK fixed line wholesaler Openreach, said the UK government is making it too hard to recruit foreign workers.
The UK government has published its latest Digital Strategy which, as usual, is more about ambition and buzzwords than it is action.
The Spanish government plans to award €150 million in funding to passive infrastructure companies willing to support the rollout of 5G in areas with poor mobile data coverage.
The UK government is feeling twitchy about billionaire Patrick Drahi’s 18 percent stake in operator group BT.
The UK state is really into Open RAN, so much so that it apparently wants to have a say in defining the nascent standard.
UK Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries has written to BT, Virgin Media O2, KCom and others to ask them to ‘outline plans for promoting low-cost social tariffs’ for people on benefits.