After a long wait, the Digital Britain report was finally released to the public recently. However, the report, conceptualised by communications minister Lord Carter, has failed to excite many. The report has not been surprising for those who were familiar with the previous version of the report, as there are no new major plans in it.

The interim report, which was published earlier this year, had given the basic idea of what to expect in the final report. It had laid emphasis on implementing a plan to cover the entire country with a high-speed broadband network. However, the report failed to give out any concrete methods on how they plan to achieve it.

The report has suggested giving new powers to the regulator of the communications industry, Ofcom, ways to target piracy and copyright infringements, 3g mobile internet network connectivity for the transport system including the Tube and also better broadband.

To ensure better broadband connectivity for Britain, there is also a proposal for a £200 million investment focusing on providing mobile broadband connectivity to those parts of the country, which are currently poorly served by the fixed-line network.

The report also accepts Carter’s advisor Kip Meek’s mobile broadband spectrum allocation plans in which Vodafone and O2 will not have to part with their 900Mhz spectrum, which means Orange and T-Mobile would have to wait to receive fresh allocation of the spectrum to be available on the switchover to digital TV.

Though not startling, the report

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