Although superfast broadband is available to more consumers than ever before, even in the UK nearly 2.3% of premises cannot receive a broadband speed greater than 10Mbit/s, rising to around 48% of premises in rural areas.
Having access to high quality, widespread broadband is essential to our working and social lives. As we continue to digitally transform, the infrastructure that serves businesses and individuals will only continue to impact further on how much we can achieve. How can we ensure that broadband restrictions do not impact on success?
How do we help rural communities achieve socio-economic flourishing through 5G?; A talk by Professor Katy Mason and Sharon Wagg, Lancaster University Management School.
Liverpool 5G create; A talk by Ann Williams, Commissioner and Contract Manager, Liverpool City Council.
July 2018
Every innovation which brings about change creates issues around trust. For example, look at how trust in the banking system has evolved; in the space of 20 years we’ve switched from visiting a bank in person and paying with cheques, to being able to manage […]
July 2018
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox religious seminaries are a reservoir of untapped talent for the country’s booming hi-tech economy, but the community is only just getting started. Israel is often called the ‘Start-Up Nation’, but it’s really a start-up bubble of a certain demographic in Tel Aviv, which […]
July 2018
Digital Leaders new Connectivity Partner Virgin Media Business provide internet, data and telephone services to more than 50,000 UK businesses. They also supply to the public sector: with local councils and thousands of schools to improve connectivity in communities and support learning, and with the […]
July 2018
Over the last few months, we have been busy in Digital Dorset releasing our new Dorset for You website and continuing to develop our digital ideas. In this blog, Sharon Attwater (Purbeck District Council), Penny Sydall & Lisa Tricky (Dorset County Council), Laura Hall (Dorset […]
June 2018
1. A digital strategy that genuinely drives change Several years ago we embedded a new strategy, The Deal, to deliver a different relationship between the Council and our residents with digital at its heart. This had support from the very top of the organisation and […]
June 2018
Lets look at IoT in the beginning. When modems were modems and GSM was the standard, 9600 baud, with provenance back to Emile Baudot, the inventor of one of the early telegraphic codes, creating a yardstick for data communication. One baud (Bd) is one bit […]
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