Digital Champion calls on Small Firms to Online Race Campaign
Posted by Angeline on July 5, 2010
The Digital Inclusion Champion appointed during the term of the Labour government in the United Kingdom Martha Lane Fox, has in one of her most significant outings after the new coalition government took over has called on small businesses to join the online race campaign. According to reports, the co-founder of Lastminute.com has been exhorting [...]
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Next Gen UK Broadband Rollout to be backed by BBC Licence Fee
Posted by Mersault on May 30, 2010
According to fresh reports, the money earmarked for funding the digital switchover in the United Kingdom could be injected into the fund for rolling out the next generation broadband internet service across the United Kingdom. The refreshing part of this information is that if realised, the move could help significantly in the effective rollout of [...]
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Vaizey urged by FSB to expedite Universal Broadband Move
Posted by Angeline on May 30, 2010
The FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) has called on the newly appointed UK minister for Digital Britain, Ed Vaizey to make basic broadband internet access speeds a universal obligation to support small businesses in their growth and effective economic recovery. The organisation also wanted the broadband internet customers of the country to be able to [...]
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Ed Vaizey is the Digital Britain Minister
Posted by Angeline on May 28, 2010
Although, anyone that knows something about the digital future of the UK context would not think twice to welcome the appointment of Ed Vaizey as the minister for Digital Britain, there is also widespread criticism that the post has been kept under the department of culture instead of under the business department. As a matter [...]
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Minister flays Conservative Broadband Manifesto
Posted by Angeline on March 20, 2010
The new ultra-fast UK broadband rollout proposals of the Tories included in their freshly released pre-election technology manifesto has been slammed by the Digital Britain minister of the United Kingdom – Stephen Timms. The minister has attacked the fresh proposal of a nation-wide 100Mbps broadband rollout put forth by the Conservative Party describing it as [...]
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