Question follow-through · 47304
Voice over Internet Protocol
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that people who rely on the Public Switched Telephone Network can migrate to broadband before January 2027.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that people who rely on the Public Switched Telephone Network can migrate to broadband before January 2027.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 May 2025
Answer published
The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is the technology underpinning analogue landline connections. The PSTN is failing – with a 45% increase in major incidents between 2023-2024. Industry is migrating the network to Voice over Internet Protocol (V...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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