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United Kingdom: Government launches Project Gigabit

Announcement

01 Jun 2021

In June 2021, the UK government launched Project Gigabit to expand high-speed internet access across the United Kingdom.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Jun 2021

Revocation date:

31 Mar 2031

Announced: 01 Jun 2021
State aid, unspecified In force
On 1 June 2021, the UK government launched the Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Scheme (Project Gigabit) to expand gigabit-capable broadband access across the United Kingdom. The total budget of the pro...
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