LIRNEasia » Andy Burnham http://lirneasia.net a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Tue, 22 May 2012 08:33:51 +0000 en hourly 1 UK: Broadband in every home by 2012 ? http://lirneasia.net/2009/01/uk-broadband-in-every-home-by-2012/ http://lirneasia.net/2009/01/uk-broadband-in-every-home-by-2012/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:40:14 +0000 Chanuka Wattegama http://lirneasia.net/?p=3629 All UK homes should have access to broadband and faster download speeds by 2012, the government has said.

An interim report on the UK’s digital future also looked at plans for public service broadcasting.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said digital technology was as important today as “roads, bridges and trains were in the 20th Century”.

But the Conservatives said the report promised “no new action”. The Lib Dems said it was a “complete damp squib”.

Culture Secretary Andy Burnham told MPs it would help Britain secure a competitive low carbon economy in the next five to 10 years, adding the country “led the world in content creation”.

The report called for everyone in the UK to have access to a broadband speed of up to two megabits per second (Mbps).

Read the full story in BBC here.

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