PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(3 January 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that rural communities remain connected following the digital switchover.
Asked by:
Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
The digital switchover is an industry led programme. Customers in rural communities will not have their landlines migrated to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) without an available stable internet connection (VoIP only requires a minimum speed of 0.5mbps).
The Government has taken several initiatives to boost rural connectivity and mobile coverage throughout the UK, including Project Gigabit, the Shared Rural Network deal with the industry, and publishing the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy 2023.
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