UK should have best superfast broadband in Europe
Broadband providers will be given a call to action by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt tomorrow.
Mr Hunt will be speaking at a Government-hosted conference to discuss the best tactics for rolling out universal and superfast broadband across the UK. He will tell providers they need to work together to find new, cheaper ways to deliver the networks.
Ahead of the event he said: “By the end of this Parliament, this country should boast the best superfast broadband in Europe and be up there with the very best in the world.”
Also tomorrow Broadband Delivery UK, set up to deliver the Government’s broadband objectives, will launch a project to research the barriers to broadband in rural areas. And the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will publish a document on infrastructure sharing between telecoms and other utility companies.
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Event agenda, Broadband Delivery UK
10:00 - 10:10 Introduction and welcome
- Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (joint Minister with Department of Business, Innovation and Skills)
10:10 - 11:00 Speeches from ministers to set the policy context for the day
Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
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Caroline Spelman MP, Secretary of State, Department for Envionment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Martha Lane Fox, UK Digital Champion
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11:00 - 12:05 Policy update - running through the detail of BDUK's approach to delivery and answering key policy questions from the industry
12:05 - 12:15 Session round up and comments
- Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (joint Minister with Department of Business, Innovation and Skills)
Second Session video
13:15 - 14:15 USC Theoretical exercise, launching a desk based exercise for industry to devise approaches to solving the USC problem, based on real work examples
14:15 - 14:45 Launch of infrastructure sharing consultation paper
Third Session video
15:00 - 16:00 Superfast Broadband pilots and questions - giving more details and a timeline for the superfast broadband pilots announced by Jeremy Hunt on the 8th June
Adrian Kamellard (CEO Broadband Delivery UK)
Fourth Session video
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