EY: Coordinated action vital to meet Gigabit Britain network deployment targets
With gigabit connectivity crucial to supporting the UK’s ‘levelling up’ agenda and plugging the digital divide, an EY study shows half of UK SMEs believe investment in gigabit connectivity is vital for the economic development of their region after Covid-19
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Even though improving UK gigabit infrastructure is essential to achieving post-Covid-19 growth and “levelling up”, meeting the UK government’s 85% coverage target by 2025 would, warns an EY report, require the UK’s current average “build rate for homes passed” – the rate at which properties are enabled on gigabit-capable networks – to increase by 85%, the equivalent of more than 10,000 homes per day.