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Lord Stephen Carter
AS Profile Lord Stephen Carter made his mark in his former guise as UK Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting - or in other words the brains behind the government's Digital Britain blueprint for the nation's tech... [08 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News Another high-speed connectivity of interest to silicon.com readers last month was fibre - superfast broadband which could deliver downlinks many times those available today - with the news that Digital... [06 Oct 2009]
Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo The firm scours the net searching for threats to its customers, which include a selection of Britain's high street banks. Superfast fibre broadband connections are available in London's Muswell Hill as... [02 Oct 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News The fibre levy was included in the government's Digital Britain report, unveiled in June by then Comms Minister Lord Stephen Carter. Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain and... [23 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain: Treasury's Timms set to be next broadband ambassador?
News Junior minister Stephen Timms is set to assume responsibility for implementing the Digital Britain plan, according to a report in The Guardian. Reports of Lord Carter's departure emerged just prior to the release of his... [04 Aug 2009]
Rural Britain needs faster, more reliable broadband
Comment Even BT has cast doubt on whether the 50p tax on phone lines proposed under the Digital Britain plan will be enough to pay for fibre links needed to bring the UK into the era of superfast broadband.... [04 Aug 2009]
Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet With fibre, Britain could be looking at downstream broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps. Carter's solution to the problem, set out in the Digital Britain report in June, is a 50p-per-month... [14 Jul 2009]
Is BT's super-fast broadband coming to your neighbourhood?
News To that end, as part of the Digital Britain report released last month, the government is proposing a 50p-per-month levy on all broadband lines in order to fund next-generation deployments to areas that would otherwise... [09 Jul 2009]
50p broadband tax 'will leave 20 pc of UK without fibre'
News The plan, unveiled last month in the government's Digital Britain report, is aimed at ensuring superfast broadband is rolled out to areas likely to be ignored by the market. BT reckons a government plan to put a 50p tax... [02 Jul 2009]
'Don't let European telecoms law get axed', says Ofcom
News The UK government's Digital Britain report, issued last week, also confirmed that extra-judiciary disconnections will not be allowed as a response to the file-sharing of copyrighted content in the UK. [26 Jun 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
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... [18 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News The proposals come as part of the government's Digital Britain report - its blueprint for ensuring the UK does not become the laggard of the global digital economy. Speaking at the launch of the final Digital... [16 Jun 2009]
Shocking iPods, netbooks and an offshoring backlash
News Broadband Britain was back on the agenda this month - with speed and bandwidth once again hot topics. For those not blessed with a head for DIY telecoms engineering, this month saw news that BT is to double the speed at... [01 Jun 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet Will Digital Britain get the government putting some cash into making sure we can all get fibre broadband? However, in order to get the market doing the grunt work itself, the Digital... [21 Apr 2009]
BBC to help pay for broadband to every home?
News The interim Digital Britain report, published earlier this month, paves the way for 2Mbps broadband for all UK households and considers the question of how to finance the rollout of next-generation fibre... [11 Mar 2009]
