Digital Britian: The interim report

The UK Government, on 29 January 2009, published a plan to secure Britain’s place at the forefront of the global digital economy. The 'Digital Britain' report underlines the importance of the communications sector, its crucial contribution to the economy and its role in building Britain’s industrial future. The final report is due to be published in late Spring.

• Primary Source

United Kingdom: Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Digital Britain: The interim report, January 2009 http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/digital_britain_interimreportjan09.pdf

BBC News, 29.1.09: At a glance: Digital Britain http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7858062.stm

United Kingdom: Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Media Release: No.014/09 (29.1.09) http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/media_releases/5783.aspx

United Kingdom: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Press Release, 29.1.09 http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/F659ADC9C456C7C78025754D00443CF5?OpenDocument

European Commission: Broadband Peformance Index: Monitoring high speed internet access in the EU, September 2008 (Factsheet) http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eeurope/i2010/docs/future_internet/factsheet_bpi.pdf

European Commission: DG Information Society and Media: Information society industry: Communications: Broadband http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/tl/industry/comms/broadband/index_en.htm

United Kingdom: Department for Culture, Media and Sport / Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Digital Britain: Final report, June 2009 http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/broadcasting/6216.aspx

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