Question follow-through · 1641
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy to require fixed line operators to share infrastructure to help tackle the proliferation of telegraph poles.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 25 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 1 Aug 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it his policy to require fixed line operators to share infrastructure to help tackle the proliferation of telegraph poles.
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Aug 2024
Answer published
We understand concerns about the excessive deployment of telegraph poles, and are urgently considering options to address this. Telegraph poles can play an important role in delivering affordable connectivity to communities, and competition can offer cons...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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