The Government has outlined plans to get the UK on faster broadband by 2012, stating that it is as important as water and electricity – this will lead to more demand on online search results.
Released on 16 June here are the Key points:
• three year plan to boost digital participation
• universal access to broadband by 2012
• fund to invest in next generation broadband
• digital radio upgrade by 2015
• liberalisation of 3G spectrum
• legal and regulatory attack on digital piracy
• support for public service content partnerships
• changed role for Channel 4
• consultation on how to fund local, national and regional news
• a new “more robust system” for the classification of video games
You can read the full report at the bbc by following this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/16_06_09digitalbritain.pdf
