The dawdling broadband service in the UK is set to take off at great speeds, with renewed zeal from the government following persistent complaints by telecom industry leaders.
Telecommunications leaders in the UK demanded that Internet access requires a faster broadband network to match with the demand for better services. They even clarified at a summit organized by the government that the lagging network could soon be outdated by most other countries, as per the news published by Telegraph.
About nine in every ten Internet users in Britain have broadband connections. Yet, the users have to grapple with one of the slowest broadband connection in Europe; worse than even Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. Only six out of the 23 European nations had slower Internet speeds than Britain.
While more than half of the British households are plugged to a broadband Internet connection with average speeds of about 4 Mbps (megabits per second), this speed is tragically incomparable with the ultra-fast networks anticipated to be set-up in other European countries.
Government administrators are keen upon firing broadband speeds in the UK to match the ultra-fast speeds of other continental networks. They believe that such high-speed networks are essential to help the British citizens to innovate, create wealth and grow.
The communications watchdog of the UK, Ofcom, in order to expand the broadband industry, gave wireless broadband network operators the green signal to use WiMAX technology for connecting with mobile devices. This move will help in significantly boosting broadband speeds for both PCs as well as mobile devices.
The surging UK economy, with rising disposable incomes among people, is the primary reason for the increased use of computers and mobile devices in the country. The emerging tech-savvy breed demands for greater broadband speeds, along with alluring electronic gadgets and PCs.
The UK government considers hyper-fast networks to be vital for business growth in the future. The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) opines that Britain should target at becoming the dominant player in the market by 2012.
A Senior Research Analyst RNCOS finds the spiraling business and high-end lifestyle in the UK as the driver of super-speed broadband networks. The analyst said, “Besides, the busy life that British people spend leave no time to Brits to go for shopping; so they resort to online options. But the UK falls short of the consumers demand. However, new plans like WiMax will give wings to the broadband industry”.
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