Political Monitor 08/03/2013
Broadband Government defers questions about access to infrastructure and BDUK competition to Ofcom The Communications Minister Ed Vaizey MP has informed Parliament that the Government have not...
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Broadband Government removes clause designed to relax planning laws for broadband infrastructure A clause in the Government’s Growth and Infrastructure Bill, intended to facilitate the roll-out of...
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Broadband House of Lords debate Government’s broadband strategy In a House of Lords debate on the Select Committee’s on Communications’ report entitled ‘Broadband for all – an alternative vision’...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 05/04/2013
Ofcom Ofcom publishes Annual Plan Ofcom has published its Annual Plan for 2013/14. Among its Ofcom’s priorities for the coming year are: • Ensuring effective competition and investment in both current...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 19/04/2013
Broadband update Vaizey defends BDUK process at DCMS Questions A number of MPs have asked questions on broadband during Culture, Media and Sport question time in the House of Commons this week. In...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 26/04/2013
Communications Data Bill Update Lib Dems move to veto Communications Data Bill The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg MP, this week promised to stop the Communications Data Bill in its current form for...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 13/05/2013
Upcoming policy Forum on online safety ISPA is running a free policy forum in Central London on online safety. The event will have two panel discussions followed by a reception. Panel 1 has a panel of...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 17/05/2013
Ofcom examines communications services Ofcom has published a report analysing the availability of various communications services across the UK. The report finds that, unlike as fixed telephony and...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 24/05/2013
Broadband Deadline for rural broadband funding extended The deadline for the third and final round of applications for the Rural Community Broadband Fund has been extended from 24 May to 17 June –...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 07/06/2013
Online Child protection Repeated calls for greater regulation of content on the internet Following recent events a number of ministers, MPs and campaigners have called for greater regulation of both...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 14/06/2013
Online safety update Child abuse images, online child protection and active choice reminded high up on the political agenda this week. Labour tabled a debate on the issue and several parliamentarians...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 21/06/2013
Online Safety update The Government held a child abuse and online safety summit this week which received broad coverage in the media. The key outcome of the summit was that the IWF will be provided...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 28/06/2013
Data breach rules for ISPs now in force Rules on what telecoms operators and ISPs should do about the reporting of personal data breaches have come into force this week. Under the new regulations,...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 05/07/2013
Broadband National Audit Office raises concern about Government broadband programme The National Audit Office has released a report criticising the government’s programme to make superfast broadband...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 12/07/2013
Broadband Ministers must speed up £300m superfast broadband scheme The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has published a report, calling on the Government to review its approach to digital...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 19/07/2013
Broadband Public Accounts Committee scrutinises broadband rollout programme The National Audit Office published a critical report into the Government’s rural broadband programme recently. Criticisms...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 02/08/13
Broadband Give rural communities a fair deal Rural Affairs Committee urges government In an inquiry scrutinising The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and its Rural...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 16/08/13
Ofcom Low awareness and usage of ADR Ofcom has published the results of a study indicating low levels of awareness and usage of ADR schemes among consumers of fixed and mobile voice and data services...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 13/09/2013
23/08/13 – 13/09/13 Ofcom Research into consumer understanding of traffic management Ofcom published a set of documents on traffic management, a research report into buying behaviour and ISP...
View ArticlePolitical Monitor 20/09/2013
20/09/13 Broadband New grant scheme to improve access to faster broadband in Wales Access Broadband Cymru, a new grant scheme designed to help individuals, businesses and communities in Wales access...
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