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The Weekly Round-Up: 27.11.09
Round-Up The minister for Digital Britain, Stephen Timms, said there was "a pretty broad measure of recognition" among ISPs that the file-sharing issue "needs to be resolved". The proposals have been derided and widely criticised... [27 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? Furthermore, better tax incentives for investment, corporate venturing, R&D support and so on could all help young software... [06 Nov 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 Britain's fibre... [06 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms said the government is committed to passing its law to charge landline owners a £6 per year tax to pay for rollout of next-gen broadband in the UK. The proposal... [25 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain and financial secretary to the Treasury, said the government is committed to making its £6 per year tax on landlines law to pay for rolling out next-gen... [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]
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... [02 Jul 2009]
Apple bonanza, crime breathalysers and broadband tax
News Issues around content are also being tackled by the government's Digital Britain report, published in June. June was a month full of Apple-related news with the launch of the latest version of the iPhone, the iPhone 3G... [02 Jul 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment The government's Digital Britain scheme focuses squarely on the consumer. Various companies have been quick to criticise the Digital Britain report for overlooking businesses. During a half-hour question... [19 Jun 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News Shortly after its publication, Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative Party's shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, called Digital Britain a "colossal disappointment" and lambasted the plan's proposal for a... [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]
'Invest £15bn in tech - create 700,000 jobs'
News Berr's spokesperson added that Lord Carter, the communications minister who is compiling the Digital Britain report, would be meeting one of the LSE/ITIF report's authors "to share strategic thinking on the role of ICT... [30 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. From this month, firms investing more than £50,000 in... [22 Apr 2009]
