Rishi Sunak
UK commits £250 million to diversify 5G equipment sources
New investment will include spending on 5G diversification, local fibre networks and Shared Rural Network 4G initiative, government says
UK government lowers gigabit broadband target to 85 per cent by 2025
Rollback from 100 per cent coverage seen as a blow to rural areas
Government target to achieve full fibre broadband coverage by 2025 could be missed by eight years, BT warns
But key policy changes could enable the industry to provide full-fibre broadband up to 96 per cent of all UK homes and businesses by 2025
British Treasury denies plan to repeal digital services tax for US trade deal
Britain introduced the Digital Services Tax in April, due to slow progress on a global agreement about how to tax tech giants like Facebook
HMRC sees massive demand for UK's Cornonavirus Job Retention Scheme
The system is designed to process up to 450,000 applications an hour
Budget 2020: £5bn for full-fibre broadband and two per cent digital services tax to go ahead
Government to create UK equivalent of ARPA in technology investment push
Government calls in technology companies to help fight coronavirus
Technology leaders will be asked to pledge their “data, assets and expertise” to combat the outbreak of COVID-19
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