A welcome change of tone from government over FTTP broadband

As citizens of the UK try to decipher the new thinking and emerging rhetoric of a post-Brexit-vote government and a new Prime Minister, for us in tech there is already a welcome change of tone in one vital area.
For six years, we were constantly told by
UK needs to match – or better – Europe’s broadband and mobile ambitions

A majority of the UK may have decided through the Brexit referendum that we officially don’t like the European Union, but as we work out what leaving it means,...
BT needs to go the extra mile, to keep the last mile

Imagine this. It’s the early years of the 20th century. While many people still get around using a horse and trap, cars have become affordable and more and more people are buying them. It’s clear to everyone that cars are going to replace horses in the next decade. And it’s equally obvious...
Will Ofcom break up BT? Probably not – but it must enable fibre broadband fit for the future

Next week sees an announcement that will set the scene for the next 20 years of the UK's digital infrastructure.
Ofcom's review of the communications market is due out within days and...
Ofcom review should aspire to a broadband infrastructure that is the envy of the world

Perhaps Ofcom should review the UK communications market every year - because its current one certainly seems to be causing waves at BT.
Digital Britain needs better broadband – are BT and rivals willing to share Openreach?

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has formally put the future of BT's Openreach subsidiary into play - and hence the future structure of the UK's critically important broadband infrastructure....
Russia invests £2.8bn to deliver 10Mbps fibre broadband across the country

Earlier this week, I was in Moscow, visiting the Skolkovo Innovation Centre, Russia's $15bn attempt to create a tech startup environment to
BT: Caring corporate or vampire death squid?

MPs on Parliamentary select committees do enjoy starting a good meme.
Thanks to Bernard Jenkin MP, chair of the Public Administration Select Committee, it is commonplace to describe