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29 January 2009 - Interim Digital Britain Report Release
Digital Britain report promises up to 2Mb broadband for all by 2012 and hints at indefinite licences to bring in the mobile operators.
Digital Britain reports the following Five Objectives
- Upgrading and modernising our digital networks - wired, wireless and broadcast - so that Britain has an infrastructure that enables it to remain globally competitive in the digital world;
- A dynamic investment climate for UK digital content, applications and services, that makes the UK an attractive place for both domestic and inward investment in our digital economy;
- UK content for UK users: content of quality and scale that serves the interests, experiences and needs of all UK citizens; in particular impartial news, comment and analysis;
- Fairness and access for all: universal availability coupled with the skills and digital literacy to enable near-universal participation in the digital economy and digital society; and
- Developing the infrastructure, skills and take-up to enable the widespread online delivery of public services and business interface with Government.
Today's release is only the interim Digital Britain report, however a significant commitment outlined in the report is raising the Universal Service Obligation from 28.8Kb to up to 2Mb through fixed line and, where necessary, mobile technology.
The Interim Digital Britain document certainly appears to be wetting an appetite, with the full report due in late Spring 2009.
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