Questions from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
Building Digital UK - Infrastructure maintenance
How might future extreme weather, such as flooding and storms, heatwaves, and wildfires, affect the reliability and durability of: (i) underground fibre ducting; (ii) overhead cabling; (iii) mobile masts; (iv) hybrid wireless solutions such as satellite connectivity; (v) system wide vulnerabilities?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Building Digital UK - Infrastructure planning and decision making
How do network providers, internet service providers and mobile connectivity providers plan and consider the risks of climate change within the UK to the longevity of infrastructure? Are their considerations and plans sufficient for the expected extent of climate change?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Building Digital UK - Infrastructure planning and decision making
To what extent are the decisions being made by network suppliers in where to build equitable both at the beginning of and during delivery (specifically considering the impact of descoping premises from delivery)?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Building Digital UK - Infrastructure planning and decision making
To what extent is tactical blocking of fibre connectivity an issue within the market and which methods are most effective at overcoming it or accounting for it in strategic decision making?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Building Digital UK - Infrastructure planning and decision making
What are the key factors that influence a supplier’s decision to include or exclude premises in area build plans? Are there ways to predict or model this behaviour within an area?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Building Digital UK - Telecoms market
What are some of the supply chain issues and risks associated with fibre deployment in the next 10 years? To what extent is the UK able to self-sufficiently, domestically produce, fibre and ducting for the needs of the market and to what extent is it reliant on imports?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Building Digital UK - Telecoms market
How would future market consolidation impact connectivity for businesses, public sector organisations and residential premises on different networks? What recommendations should be made to the UK government to prepare for these scenarios?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024