Digital Region project moves to the next stage
By The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) in Industry
Posted in Digital divide, Next generation broadband on
Following an EU procurement process, Thales, along with bid partners Alcatel Lucent and Kingston Communication, have been chosen as the preferred bidder to deliver the Digital Region project, which will provide a next generation access network to approximately 600,000 homes across South Yorkshire.
Four local authorities in the South Yorkshire area have put the Digital Region project together. The key aim is to create an infrastructure for the region that will spur economic regeneration, offering high bandwidth broadband that will encourage knowledge-based business to the region and provide the opportunity for business located in the region to offer new services and enter new markets. The project, it is hoped, will also partially address the digital divide in the region: only around 20% of households have taken up a broadband service.
Industry, government and regional development agencies are watching this project with interest. Current debate around if, how and when the public sector should intervene in the investment in next generation access technologies has yet to provide a clear consensus amongst stakeholders. The outcome of this project will go some way to clarifying this debate, and providing experience to inform models for possible further public sector interventions elsewhere in the UK.
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Loading ...Comment by Jim Race - January 22, 2008 on 3:19 pm
What a disaster!! - Lets see the fallout over the coming years, when Thales and partners cannot deliver to time or budget, and the proposed benefits do not materialise!!
Comment by Jim Race - January 22, 2008 on 3:20 pm
What a disaster!! - Lets see the fallout over the coming years, when Thales and partners cannot deliver to time or budget, and the proposed benefits do not materialise!!!!!
Comment by Nicolas - February 18, 2008 on 3:21 pm
Jim, why are you so pessimistic about it? It’s exciting stuff!!!
Comment by Paul - March 4, 2008 on 11:14 am
Well I am pessimistic about it as the last update on the digital region website was in 2006……..
How is anyone going to take that seriously !!
Comment by m.i.khan - November 17, 2008 on 9:38 am
wense at Citizens-Network CIV are still trying to find out if Digital Region is on or off - can anyone tell us as we have been tryijng to find out for months.
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