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U.K. Forms Government Body to Oversee Broadband Rollout (3/5/10)
Digital Britain Minister Stephen Timms announced a new government body responsible for rolling out next-generation broadband across the United Kingdom. The announcement follows the publication of an Analysys Mason study forecasting the future reach of next-generation broadband access across the U.K.
The new body, Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), will drive the commitment to deliver broadband access of at least 2 Megabits per second (Mbps) to every household by 2012 and will oversee the investment of the £1 billion (US$1.5 billion) Next Generation Fund established to ensure high-speed broadband access for 90 percent of households by 2017.
The study for the government will help inform public authorities looking to invest in broadband and will also be considered by BDUK in prioritizing the communities seeking to benefit from the Next Generation Fund. The study identifies the areas that are likely to be left behind in the initial waves of market-led NGA investments in the United Kingdom, with some 31 percent of areas remaining at risk until 2017.
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