UK government consulting telecommunication companies about how to accelerate the rollout of high-speed broadband to apartment buildings

The UK government has informally consulted telecommunications companies about how to accelerate the rollout of high-speed broadband in blocks of flats as groups race to provide full fibre across the country. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said it wanted to understand where reported barriers to deployment were “most pronounced and where they can be mitigated or removed”, in a request for information about multi-dwelling units (MDUs) sent in August. The email from the “Barrier Busting Task Force”—which was set up in 2017 to address factors preventing the deployment of faster broadband—said: “We know there are varied views on this subject and are keen to fully understand different perspectives and experiences”.