An additional further £300 million has been promised after 2015, the Guardian reports.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Rural Broadband in U.K. to Get BBC Funds
Britain is getting ready to spend £530 million fund to help bring a minimum of 2 Mbps broadband service to rural areas within four years. In a move that has some parallels in the U.S. market, the funds are being diverted from the BBC. In the U.S. market, broadcasters and mobile companies are looking to benefit from reclaimed spectrum vacated as part of the transition to high-definition TV broadcasting.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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