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United Kingdom : Broadband delivery UK welcomes State Aid Decision
Publish Date : 28-May-2016
BDUK welcomes the European Commissions decision today to approve the 2016 National Broadband Scheme (NBS).
The announcement supports the Governments objective of superfast speeds being available to 95% of homes and businesses by the end of 2017.
The decision recognises the NBS scheme as being compliant with EU competition law, and public bodies in the UK will not need to notify the Commission each time they wish to run a broadband procurement. Instead, they just need to demonstrate compliance with the NBS to BDUK. The NBS scheme will run until the end of 2020.
Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey said, "Nine out of ten homes and businesses in the UK can already get superfast broadband and we are reaching thousands more every week. The Commissions decision will help us to reach more properties more quickly, bringing a welcome boost in broadband speeds to communities across the UK".
In the coming weeks and months, this Decision will be used to support procurements for the remaining funding of the BDUKs Superfast Broadband Program as well as the 10 million Ultrafast fund for the Southwest.
