Digital Britain report - key points

The UK's Digital Britain white paper proposes: 1) Universal broadband access at 2 megabits per second by 2012. This will be partly funded by £200m from funds not used to help swithchover to digital television, 2) A 50p-a-month levy will be imposed on all fixed copper lines to help create an independent "next generation fund" to help pay for faster broadband access, 3) Empowering Ofcom to fight digital piracy, including notifying of infringements and releasing identities of repeat offenders so they can be taken to court by content owners. 4) Reducing digital piracy by 70%. 5) All national radio stations to be digital by 2015. 6) £300m home access scheme to be rolled out to help lower income families get access to broadband Internet services.