Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 21279

Voice over Internet Protocol: Westmorland and Lonsdale

Tabled: 19 December 2024

Answered: 13 January 2025

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure that there is no enforced switch off of the public switched telephone network before he has made an assessment of the impact of this change on rural comm

Answer

Chris Bryant

The Government is determined to ensure that any and all risks incurred during the industry-led migration from the analogue landline network to voice over internet protocol are mitigated. On 18 November 2024, the Department published guidance for communica...

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