Brown lays out plan for Digital Britain legislation

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Bill prepared for Queen's Speech to enable universal 2Mbit/s broadband service

Digital Britain laws expected soon Prime minister Gordon Brown has announced plans for a Digital Britain Bill in his draft Queen's Speech, setting out legislative plans for the run-up to the next...

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