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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. Timms, currently financial secretary to the Treasury, will replace Stephen... [04 Aug 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 65 per cent of... [16 Jun 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Become a bandwidth scavenger
Comment On one day our Prime Minister announces that every home in the UK will have 2Mbps broadband in 2011, and the next a Korean minister announces that everyone in his country will have... [06 May 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet That would be Lord Stephen Carter, minister for communications, technology and broadcasting and the former head of communications watchdog Ofcom. Digital Britain. Sounds like a rubbish tech-themed comedy show. [21 Apr 2009]
BBC to help pay for broadband to every home?
News Minister for communications, technology and broadcasting Lord Stephen Carter, who is overseeing the report, yesterday suggested the BBC could have a part to play in funding the rollout of super-fast broadband networks to... [11 Mar 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment Yesterday the comms minister, Lord Carter, unveiled a draft strategy which the government hopes will ensure the UK keeps pace with tech change and grows its digital economy over the next five years and beyond. [30 Jan 2009]
Broadband Britain to get 2Mbps universal service
News The Digital Britain interim report from minister for communications, technology and broadcasting Lord Stephen Carter, published today, calls for every home in the country to be broadband-enabled by 2012. [29 Jan 2009]
100 per cent broadband has finally arrived
News Announcing the move towards universal broadband coverage, Ian Pearson, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, said: "By the end of 2005 every household and every business.will have access to broadband at the same... [29 Mar 2004]
"Broadband? You're joking" - come back when you're at least 512Kbps
News However, it's not an issue which troubles e-minister Stephen Timms, who last year said: "As long as it is clear what is being offered to consumers, I don't think it matters that the term broadband is being used to... [23 Feb 2004]
NHS prescribes massive broadband project
News Announcing the decision to give BT the role of creating and managing N3, health minister John Hutton said that the network will assist the process of modernising the NHS. According to e-commerce minister... [19 Feb 2004]
MP slams Blair over botched broadband roll out
News Prime Minister Tony Blair announced last November that more than £1bn will be spent over the next few years to bring broadband to the education, health and criminal justice sectors. According to Young, the government... [14 Jan 2003]
Broadband: Wales trouncing England at half time
News The rest of the UK has a lot to learn from Wales when it comes to making a success of broadband, according to Andrew Davies, Welsh Assembly minister for economic development and ICT (information and communication... [03 Dec 2002]
John Lamb's Week: Robocop rides again
Comment The trick of being top dog in ecommerce is to improve the statistics on the number of companies with an internet connection and the value of goods bought online. If the number of surveys on ecommerce counted towards a country's rankings,... [26 Jan 2001]
