| Digital Regulation: Driving growth and unlocking innovation - 06/07/2021 |
| OFCOM |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | United Kingdom |
| As digital technologies underpin more and more of our economy, society and daily lives, we need to make sure the rules that govern them keep pace so we drive growth and unlock innovation. These technologies have been an incredible force for change — not least during the COVID-19 pandemic, where more people than ever before have been using them — but also in the way they boost prosperity and cataly (...) |
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| Online Nation, Report 2021 - 09/06/2021 |
| OFCOM |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | United Kingdom |
| The pandemic has highlighted the importance of being online and driven changes in the take-up and use of Internet services, as many people have had a critical reliance on the internet for communications, information, entertainment, and commerce. Increases in internet use in 2020 were most pronounced during the spring and November lockdowns, as people turned to the internet for video calling for so (...) |
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| Digital divide narrowed by the pandemic, but around 1.5m homes remain offline - 28/04/2021 |
| OFCOM |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | United Kingdom |
| The UK’s digital divide narrowed during the coronavirus pandemic, as people have gone online to escape the lockdown, OFCOM research suggests. The proportion of homes without internet access appears to have fallen from 11% in March 2020, when the UK entered lockdown, to 6% of homes in March this year. Adults with previously limited digital skills have embraced online shopping, digital banking and (...) |
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| Affordability of communication services - A summary of initial findings - 18/12/2020 |
| OFCOM |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | United Kingdom |
| Ensuring that people can access affordable communications services is a priority for OFCOM. Many people’s finances have changed significantly this year, with some facing particular challenges. Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began, OFCOM has collected new information on the affordability of communications services. This is in addition to our usual monitoring and includes a monthly COVID- (...) |
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| The UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) support to the COVID-19 response - 15/06/2020 |
| UK Government Digital Service (GDS) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | United Kingdom |
| The UK’s COVID-19 response highlights that good digital projects are based on much more than just technology, but on strong digital policy, services and standards and embedded digital, data and technology skills across the public sector. |
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| BT Group response to COVID-19 - 11/04/2020 |
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| TELECOM/ICT Operators and Service Providers | Europe | United Kingdom |
| The BT group said it will prioritize emergency calls and systems supporting emergency services, critical national infrastructure and vulnerable customers, should the network come under pressure; remove all caps on home broadband plans so every customer has unlimited data to use; work with business customers to provide short-term upgrades for network capacity, increased virtual private network (VPN (...) |
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