GOVERNMENT WORKING ON NATIONAL BROADBAND STRATEGY

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The Government is working on a comprehensive National Broadband Strategy that will support the islandwide broadband network being developed.

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Daryl Vaz, said that the strategy will look at all the factors that will support the viability of the network, once implemented, and the use of same by all segments of the population.

The national broadband initiative aims to have every household and every community connected to the Internet.

The Minister is seeking to have the broadband initiative designated as a national development project to be funded by the Government and for the procurement to be treated as a priority.