PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas (18 January 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)
Answer
UK superfast coverage is now almost 90 per cent of premises and we have made it available to 3.5 million homes and businesses and that will rise to over 5 million by the end of 2017.As the Prime Minister announced in November, the Government also intends to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation.
Answered by:
Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative)
21 January 2016
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