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Keeping up with Korea: when will George Osborne get us up to speed? David Soskin ponders our predicament
28 Mar 2012
"When will the UK achieve the same digital standard as South Korea and how will this be done?"
In a new blog for Knowledge Peers, David Soskin explores how far behind Korea the UK is when it comes to the internet - despite the Government's claims to get us all 'on-line'.
"A recent report by the Boston Consulting Group shows that the UK's online industry is set to grow at an annual rate of 11%. The UK is ranked top of all G20 nations in terms of the amount the internet contributes to its GDP. It also shows that if the internet were isolated as a sector in its own right, then it would be the 5th largest in the UK - bigger than healthcare, education and construction.
But that growth rate could be accelerated if only the Government realized just how far behind we are in fast broadband access..."
READ THE FULL BLOG HERE
In a new blog for Knowledge Peers, David Soskin explores how far behind Korea the UK is when it comes to the internet - despite the Government's claims to get us all 'on-line'.
"A recent report by the Boston Consulting Group shows that the UK's online industry is set to grow at an annual rate of 11%. The UK is ranked top of all G20 nations in terms of the amount the internet contributes to its GDP. It also shows that if the internet were isolated as a sector in its own right, then it would be the 5th largest in the UK - bigger than healthcare, education and construction.
But that growth rate could be accelerated if only the Government realized just how far behind we are in fast broadband access..."
READ THE FULL BLOG HERE
