www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to deliver “superfast” broadband to the majority of Britain’s homes by 2017, the Conservatives claimed to loosen the grip of BT on the local telephone network besides using a parts of the BBC license fee.
According to shadow chancellor George Osborne, the Conservatives would support changes to the regulatory framework, adding that private investors being allowed to pay for better cabling would encourage competition.
3.5% of the license fee currently used to pay for digital switchover could be diverted to pay for broadband expansion in case the market fails to deliver them. The party also feels that UK can be the first leading European country to have speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps) by using “market-based solutions”.