By Natasha Lomas
Published: Wednesday 14 January 2009
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Name
Martin
Location
London
Occupation
CEO
Comment
The UK cannot remain a world leader in terms of economic output and services without investment in communications infrastructure.
It is certainly welcome news that Lord Carter infers the Government may re-consider its position and play a financial role in the roll out of the next generation network.
The Government needs to play its part - next to education and healthcare investment - there can't be many other more important projects than ensuring the UK's population has broadband connection and best position the country for competing in the global economy.
The next generation network is not just about saving on call costs with VoIP. It will help the business community to continue to thrive with the provision of more secure and intelligent bandwidth that enables applications like video on demand, energy consumption monitoring, IPTV, VoWiFi and innovative medical devices.
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