Mobile Networks: Resilience Debate
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Baroness Neville-Rolfe
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Mobile Networks: Resilience
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Lord Ashton of Hyde
As the noble Lord knows perfectly well, the universal service directive, which is the basis for the universal service obligation, only includes fixed-line service. Therefore, it would be impossible under European law to include mobile.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con)
My Lords, digital connectivity, whether through broadband or mobile, is a new utility and those who do not have it are socially and financially excluded. Can my noble friend tell me when 100% of homes in this country will have such connectivity?
Lord Ashton of Hyde
As the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, alluded to, by 2020 the universal service obligation will give every household in this country a legal right to be connected at a speed of not less than 10 megabits a second.