This page provides details of progress on implementing the
Commitments in UK Online Annual Report 2001
Progress reports 1.1 to 1.25 - Take forward
an action plan with industry to drive broadband roll-out and
take-up
| No |
Project Description |
Status |
|
1.1
|
Continue to drive forward competitive access to BT’s
local loop via Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) by: close monitoring
of take-up of LLU and the details of implementation, and
acting swiftly to resolve new and existing disputes relating
to any aspect of LLU |
On
track |
| 1.2 |
Continue
to promote competition in retail Digital Subscriber Loop
(DSL) by ensuring BT’s wholesale DSL services are available
on fair and non-discriminatory terms. |
On
track |
| 1.3 |
Work to increase competition in DSL by requiring BT to
provide interconnection services to enable operators to
offer competing DSL services. |
Completed |
| 1.4 |
Work to increase competition in leased lines, used
by larger businesses for Internet access, by requiring
BT to provide partial private circuits (PPCs) at wholesale
prices. |
On
track |
| 1.5 |
Make more radio spectrum available, opening up the
potential for more wireless broadband services. |
On
track |
| 1.6 |
Pilot
teleworking facilities in UK online centres, exploring
different commercial models for engaging the private sector
in provision of teleworking space. |
On
track |
| 1.7 |
Consider
how regional and local portals can best provide a focal
point for public sector broadband content. |
On
track |
| 1.8 |
Consult
with the building industry and broadband service providers
to identify the best approach to ensure cable ducting
is installed in all new buildings. |
On
track |
| 1.9 |
Use fiscal measures to stimulate demand
for broadband by:
- more extensive marketing of the existing measure
which allows businesses to offset 100% of ICT investment
– including investment in broadband access equipment
– against tax in the first year; and
- encouraging teleworking at home by employees whose
employers want to provide them with broadband connectivity,
through relaxation of personal benefit taxation.
|
On
track |
| 1.10 |
Work
with the broadband supply industry to facilitate an industry-wide
collaborative campaign to promote the benefits of broadband
and give impartial advice on the different technological
options available. |
On
track |
| 1.11 |
Provide
more encouragement to small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) to adopt e-commerce solutions. |
On
track |
| 1.12 |
Stimulate
the market for online content for teaching and learning
and enable schools to have access to rich materials, including
broadband content, as part of taking forward the Government’s
proposals for Curriculum
Online. |
On
track |
| 1.13 |
Develop Culture Online to offer children and adults tailored
access to the nation’s arts and cultural resources through
the Internet and other digital channels.
This will enable millions more people to engage
in cultural activities and will open new opportunities
for participation, learning and enhancing skills.
|
On
track |
| 1.14 |
Introduce
broadband support services for health professionals, including
development of the National Electronic Library for Health. |
On
track |
| 1.15 |
Develop an infrastructure to promote blue-skies research
in public sector broadband applications. |
Completed |
| 1.16 |
As
part of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s)
current review of its business support activities, ensure
that, where applicable, they meet the needs of the digital
content sector. |
On
track |
| 1.17 |
Work
with the Digital Content Forum to raise the content industry’s
awareness of the R&D tax credit and how it works,
and to intensify marketing of the tax credit as a driver
for R&D in the content sector. |
On
track |
| 1.18 |
Work
in partnership with the digital content sector and other
interested parties to stimulate pilots which test different
commercial models around broadband content. |
On
track |
| 1.19 |
Encourage
the telecommunications industry to come forward with specific
proposals for broadband infrastructure-sharing. |
On
track |
| 1.20 |
Introduce
a fast-track, light-touch licensing regime for small transmitting
satellite earth stations and a quick online clearance
system for new satellite sites. |
On
track |
| 1.21 |
Review
planning regulations pertaining to satellite terminals
to determine how current rules restricting a residential
property to a single antenna could be relaxed, while continuing
to minimise the environmental/visual impact of residential
satellite terminals. |
On
track |
| 1.22 |
Task
the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to consider what
more they can do to help Government departments procure
broadband more effectively, including acting as a source
of guidance on broadband procurement. |
On
track |
| 1.23 |
Draw
up detailed departmental communications and IT expenditure
plans, as part of the 2002 Spending Review.
|
Completed |
| 1.24 |
Establish
on a pilot basis in one regional initially a Broadband
Brokerage Service. |
Completed |
| 1.25 |
Promote
further competition in mobile telephony. |
On
track |
