Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 46492
Telecommunications: Rural Areas
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Question
Alison Hume
Labour — Scarborough and Whitby
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in rural areas remain connected during the digital switch over.
Answer
Chris BryantThe digital switchover is an industry led programme, but we do not want anyone to be excluded by virtue of the programme. That is why customers, including in rural communities, will not have their landlines migrated to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) ...
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