Broadband Stakeholder Group
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The Broadband Stakeholder Group is the UK government's advisory body on broadband.[1] Created in 2001 by then Minister for E-Commerce and Competitiveness Stephen Timms, it provides a neutral forum for organisations across the converging broadband value-chain to discuss and resolve key policy, regulatory, and commercial issues, with the ultimate aim of helping to create a strong and competitive UK knowledge economy.
Its initial focus was on increasing broadband penetration in the UK before leading a collaborative UK response to the European Commission's Audio-Visual Media Services Directive.[2] Since late 2006, its primary focus has been the next generation broadband debate in the UK. Their current work programme focuses on issues that impact the deployment of superfast broadband in rural areas, including the government's £530m programme being run by BDUK, and on developing industry consensus regarding the Open Internet.