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UK Cuts Red-Tape for Broadband Internet Expansion
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The UK government has outlined plans to relax planning restrictions which it says are holding up the deployment of broadband internet services in the country.
The new plans will allow broadband street cabinets and other infrastructure can be installed without the need for prior approval from the local council (except in Sites of Special Scientific Interest).
Companies will face less cost and bureaucracy in laying cables in streets, and cables and cabinets can be installed on or under private land without the bureaucratic burden of long-running negotiations.
"Superfast broadband is vital to secure our country's future - to kick start economic growth and create jobs," said Culture Secretary Maria Miller. "We are putting in the essential infrastructure that will make UK businesses competitive, and sweeping away the red tape that is a barrier to economic recovery."
The government is spending £680 million to ensure the UK has the best superfast broadband in Europe by 2015 and will also work with mobile operators, local government and other interested parties to consider ways that the planning process might be streamlined to speed up the deployment of mobile infrastructure.
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