To meet the government's gigabit targets for the UK by 2025, reforms to the Electronic Communications Code are necessary to help the fixed infrastructure sector with broadband rollout acceleration. Identifying a number of key challenges, and potential solutions for government to consider, the Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group for Broadband and Digital Communication - Selaine Saxby MP - yesterday written to the DCMS Secretary of State, The Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP with the findings of a recent inquiry.
The APPG launched its #BetterBroadband inquiry in the summer of 2021 to seek how the Electronic Communications Code (the Code') could be practically reformed to make it easier to deploy full-fibre broadband in both urban and rural areas in the UK.
The Chair's letter includes an overview of the need for reform of the Code-highlighting the importance of connectivity for the UK-recent developments as context for the inquiry (2017 reforms of the Code, recent debate and the PSTI Bill), inquiry aims, and the key findings from written and oral evidence received.
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