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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... [08 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. However, soon after unveiling the final report,... [23 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain: Treasury's Timms set to be next broadband ambassador?
News Reports of Lord Carter's departure emerged just prior to the release of his Digital Britain report, a blueprint for the UK's digital development over the next five years or so. Timms, currently financial... [04 Aug 2009]
Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet The outgoing communications minister Lord Stephen Carter has already got his eye on the problem. Carter's solution to the problem, set out in the Digital Britain report in June, is a... [14 Jul 2009]
How realistic is Digital Britain's broadband 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... [01 Jul 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment During a half-hour question and answer session at the launch of the government's Digital Britain blueprint this week, the penultimate question fired at Lord Carter by the assembled press pack was, did... [19 Jun 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News Lord Carter, the report's author, proposed the levy as a way of funding the rollout of fibre-based next-generation broadband to areas of the country where operators might not see a business case for... [18 Jun 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
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 emerged a planned Tube mobile trial had been shelved... [17 Jun 2009]
G-Cloud in the sky: The future home for gov't apps
News Communications minister Lord Carter has said that "substantial savings" can be made in public spending by building a government-wide cloud computing platform. Provided that this business case can be... [17 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News Speaking at the launch of the final Digital Britain report in London today, Communications Minister Lord Carter said it is very likely the market will deliver next-generation broadband for between 50 and... [16 Jun 2009]
Delayed: Digital Britain report
News The government has said that the Digital Britain report is to be delayed, and has confirmed timing for when Lord Carter will step down. Lord Carter will present his... [15 Jun 2009]
BT calls for end of 'free ride' for BBC's iPlayer
News Next week Lord Carter will present the Digital Britain report," said the spokesperson. Internet service provider BT has admitted to throttling provision of the BBC iPlayer, and has called for content... [12 Jun 2009]
Businesses - 'beware the risks of Digital Britain'
News He was speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK at the Infosec 2009 conference on Tuesday about the possible effects on business of universal broadband access, as proposed in the Digital Britain report being written by... [29 Apr 2009]
Trio of research hubs to poke digital benefits
News He added that digital technologies will be crucial to delivering universal broadband access by 2012 - the commitment set out by comms minister Lord Carter in his interim Digital Britain report. Speaking... [29 Apr 2009]
Budget: £750m cash injection for UK tech
News And the budget committed the government towards the proposal in the Lord Carter's Digital Britain report to roll out a 2Mbps broadband service across the UK by 2012. Digital technologies will share in a... [22 Apr 2009]
