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Article: Final Digital Britain report published...(Brief article)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- August 19, 2009
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The final Digital Britain report has been published. It arose out of an action plan commissioned by the government in 2008 on the future of the digital and communications industries. The plan was aimed at encouraging innovation, investment and quality in the digital communications sector. An interim report was published earlier in 2009. The final report contains the following:
Government commitment to achieving universal Internet connection speeds of 2Mbps by 2012, with faster speeds of 40Mbps by 2017.
A [pounds sterling]6 per year tax on all copper telephone and cable television lines to fund [pounds sterling]150m of infrastructure developments per year ...