Next-generation, super-fast broadband will be a vital part of the emerging digital economy's infrastructure, enabling dramatic improvements in connectivity and offering new possibilities for businesses, public services and local communities.
NESTA estimates that the provision of universal super-fast broadband could directly create 600,000 new ICT jobs, with £18 billion added to GDP. The indirect effects could be far larger.
California is an economy approximately the size of the UK - it has been estimated that ultra-fast broadband installation there could add $366 billion to economic output and create two million new jobs.
Published
January 2009
Author
James Meadway and Juan Mateos-Garcia
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