Wales is botching its £425m superfast broadband rollout, says former BT head

Charlee Gothard
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Welsh government should have marketed it better, says John Davies

The ex-head of BT Wales has criticised the country's £425m rollout of superfast broadband, arguing that, with only 19 per cent uptake in available areas, more marketing money should have been spent...

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