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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation on whether to make changes to the law around land and digital infrastructure.
It covers the legal framework for building and maintaining the structure on private and public land, influencing the placing of phone masts and broadband cabinets, and is aimed at providing more homes with improved internet and mobile coverage.
The consultation is exploring whether changes to the UK’s Electronic Communications Code, last reformed in 2017, are needed to encourage faster and more collaborative negotiations between landowners and telecoms providers. It is also looking at the possibilities for improving existing infrastructure.
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UK Government reviews law on access to land for digital infrastructure
A government consultation has been launched on whether to make changes to the law around digital infrastructure, such as phone masts and broadband cabinets, with a view to providing more homes with improved internet and mobile coverage.
Announced by Digital Minister Matt Warman, the consultation will review the legal framework for building and maintaining these structures on private and public land.
While progress has been made since the UK’s Electronic Communications Code was reformed in 2017, stakeholders have reported that negotiations do not always progress smoothly and agreements can take a long time to complete. This is holding back homes and businesses from accessing better mobile coverage and much faster gigabit broadband.
Government reviews law on access to land for digital infrastructure
The government is consulting on changes to the legal framework for agreements on access to land for digital infrastructure.
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27 January 2021
A government consultation has been launched on whether to make changes to the law around digital infrastructure, such as phone masts and broadband cabinets, with a view to providing more homes with improved internet and mobile coverage.
Announced by Digital Minister Matt Warman, the consultation will review the legal framework for building and maintaining these structures on private and public land.
While progress has been made since the UK’s Electronic Communications Code was reformed in 2017, stakeholders have reported that negotiations do not always progress smoothly and agreements can take a long time to complete. This is holding back homes and businesses from accessing better mobile coverage and much faster gigabit broadband.