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DCMS Was on The Leveson Inquiry and Not on Thinking About "The Growth Agenda"
Feb 21, 2013An MP has slammed Whitehall officials for not attending the Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council's Conference 2013, claiming that the government "does not know enough". Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle Central and shadow minister for the ...
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London 2012 Suppliers Will Be Able to Champion Their Involvement
Jan 30, 2013Suppliers to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to champion their involvement in last summer's sporting spectacular, after a landmark deal has been reached by the Government, British Olympic Association (BOA) and ...
Tags: London, 2012, Olympic Boost
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The Figures of How The Money Will Be Split Have Yet to Be Released
Dec 26, 2012Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has revealed the 12 cities awarded funding for superfast broadband roll-out in the second phase of the government’s ‘super-connected cities’ programme. He made the announcement ...
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Business Reaction to DCMS Announcement Could Hold Back Broadband Roll-out
Dec 24, 2012Business reaction to DCMS announcement Local government reaction to DCMS announcement Consultation could hold back broadband roll-out The broadband industry has said goodbye to Jeremy Hunt as he takes Andrew Lansley's old job as secretary ...
Tags: DCMS, broadband industry, cabinet reshuffle
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Maria Miller Announced Legislative Proposals, Hoping to Remove Bureaucracy
Dec 21, 2012The department for culture, media and sport (DCMS) introduced its new minister to the broadband industry today with controversial rules aiming to speed up deployment of superfast connections across the UK. Maria Miller, who takes over ...
Tags: DCMS, broadband industry, superfast connections, legislative proposals
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UK's Major Mobile Operators Will Meet with DCMS and Telecoms Regulator Ofcom,to Discuss 4G
Dec 18, 2012The UK’s major mobile operators will be meeting with the department for media, culture and sport (DCMS), and telecoms regulator Ofcom, today to discuss the future of 4G. A source close to the situation has confirmed to Computer ...
Tags: UK, mobile operators, DCMS, the future of 4G
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The Govt Has Been Given The Green Light by The EU to Roll out GBP530m in Broadband Funding
Nov 20, 2012The government has been given the green light by the European Union to roll out GBP530m in broadband funding, intended to bring superfast broadband to 90% of homes, and a minimum speed of 2Mbps elsewhere. The investment had been pending ...
Tags: Green Light, EU, broadband plans, broadband funding
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BT Accelerated Its Fibre Broadband Rollout
Nov 1, 2012BT has accelerated its fibre broadband rollout,with the company now saying that two-thirds of the UK will be covered by spring 2014. It's the second time that BT has claimed that it is speeding up its plans,which had an original ...
Tags: BT, fibre rollout, communications provider
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Mobile Operators Joined Forces to Prevent Interference to Freeview TV Signals
Oct 18, 2012All of the UK's major mobile operators have joined forces to prevent interference from their impending 4G networks to Freeview TV signals across the country, following joint meetings with the government and Ofcom earlier this month. EE, ...
Tags: major mobile operators, prevent interference, 4G networks, Freeview TV
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4G Mobile Services Got Boost as Ofcom Revealed Spectrum Needed for Using Earlier
Oct 3, 2012The UK roll-out of 4G mobile services got a boost yesterday as Ofcom revealed the spectrum needed would be ready for use five months earlier than expected. The 800MHz and 2.6GHz frequencies were freed up by the digital TV switchover, but ...
Tags: mobile, 4G mobile services, Ofcom, UK
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Mobile Operators Other Than EE Were Able to Offer 4G
Oct 3, 2012It was looking like it would be this time next year before mobile operators other than EE – formerly Everything Everywhere – were able to offer 4G. The merger between T-Mobile and Orange was the only brand to receive a ...
Tags: mobile operators, mobile industry, DCMS, EE
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EE Will Offer 4G Services in The UK From 30 October
Oct 3, 2012Mobile operator EE will offer 4G services in the UK from 30 October, it has confirmed. Rumours were rife yesterday when EE, along with mobile operators O2, Vodafone and Three had peace talks with communications regulator Ofcom and Culture ...
Tags: EE, 4G Services, iPad, Mobile
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EE Will Announce Its Launch Date for 4G Services
Oct 3, 2012Mobile operator EE will announce its launch date for 4G services imminently as it finalises its deployment testing programme. An EE spokesperson would not be drawn on yesterday's rumours of peace talks between communications regulator ...
Tags: EE, peace talks, 4G launch date announcement
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Mobile Operator EE Had Been Given Permission by Ofcom
Oct 2, 2012In a bid to cut tension between mobile operators in the battle to bring 4G to the UK,communications regulator Ofcom and Culture Secretary Maria Miller are holding peace talks with the networks today that could result in 4G services becoming ...
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Government Plans to Install Super-Fast Broadband Throughout The Whole of The UK
Sep 24, 2012Government plans to install super-fast broadband throughout the whole of the UK by 2015 are unlikely to be achieved. That's according to a report from the Country Land & Business Association (CLA), which comes days after the government ...
Tags: super-fast broadband, CLA, Broadband, Maria Miller