Starter for No 10: the key digital infra demands awaiting the UK’s new Prime Minister

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Source: No 10 Downing Street / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Deep dive: Andy Burnham built his political reputation around regional growth in Manchester. Digital infra leaders now want to know whether those principles will translate into a coherent national strategy for fibre, mobile networks, data centres, and digital infrastructure investment, as the industry enters a pivotal moment…

This article includes:

  • Themes: Data centres; Digital inclusion; Fibre broadband; Fibre consolidation; Fibre rollout; Mobile coverage; Mobile Market Review (MMR); Planning reform; Project Gigabit; Shared Rural Network (SRN); Telecom regulation; UK digital infrastructure; Universal connectivity.
  • People: Alex Tofts; Allison Kirkby; Andy Burnham; Ciaran Roche; Ed Taylor; Grace Shin; Hamish MacLeod; Kanishka Narayan; Katie Milligan; Matt Clifford; Paddy Paddison; Rajiv Datta; Tom Hollywood; Tom Skinner.
  • Geographic: Greater Manchester; Manchester; United Kingdom (UK).
  • Organisations: BDUK; Broadband Genie; CityFibre; DGA Group; DSIT; Hyperoptic; INCA; ISPA; ISC2; Kao Data; Mobile UK; nexfibre; NISTA; Ofcom; Openreach; Project Gigabit; Shared Rural Network; Virgin Media O2.

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