December 2013
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This seminar focused on next steps for the provision of broadband across the UK and the options to encourage greater use by customers and service providers of the 'superfast' network. The conference took place in the context of the DCMS strategy document: Connectivity, Content and Consumers - Britain's Digital Platform for growth, as well as the NAO report and EFRAC select committee investigations into the challenges facing the rural broadband programme. Sessions offered delegates an opportunity to examine the emerging investment and regulatory challenges for deployment of the UK's next generation broadband infrastructure in the context of both the EU measures to support the development of a European single market for telecoms and - as part of the UK Government's wider growth agenda - the options to encourage SMEs to utilise new infrastructure for competitive advantage. Delegates also considered competition in the superfast market following Ofcom's proposals to ease consumer switching of providers.
