Archive for the ‘Digital’ Topic
Consultation Response: Consumer Focus Scotland’s response to the Scottish Rural Commission’s consultation
Published: 4 November 2012
Consumer Focus Scotland welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence to the Scottish Rural Commission’s consultation. Consumer Focus Scotland and its predecessor body, The Scottish Consumer Council, have a long history of working to represent the interests of rural consumers, with a particular focus on digital communications, post and energy policy areas. This response draws on [...]
Briefing: Consumer Network briefing for the Scottish Government on their future Digital Public Services Strategy
Published: 4 May 2012
Towards the end of 2011 the Scottish Government asked Consumer Focus Scotland to help them explore consumers’ views of digital public services. The use of digital technology potentially allows greater scope for people to access the services they need at a time and place that suits them. The Scottish Government were keen to find out [...]
News: Consumer watchdog response to the Scottish Government’s digital action plan
Published: 31 January 2012
Annie McGovern, digital expert at Consumer Focus Scotland said: “Consumers in Scotland want fast and reliable broadband services and to be able to keep pace with all the new fantastic technology developments the 21st century will offer. Having the right infrastructure in place is absolutely critical to doing this. “These commitments by the Scottish [...]
Evidence: CFS evidence to the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee in relation to the availability and roll-out of broadband in Scotland
Published: 18 November 2011
Consumer Focus Scotland welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence to the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee’s call for evidence in relation to its work on the availability and roll out of broadband in Scotland. Our response is largely based on our recently published report ‘Scotland’s Digital Needs’, which provides a comprehensive overivew of Scotland’s digital [...]
News: Internet access improvements welcome but more needs to be done
Published: 16 November 2011
Responding to new internet access figures published by the Office for National Statistics, Annie McGovern, digital expert at Consumer Focus Scotland, said: “It’s welcome news that there has been a fall in the last few months, in the number of people in Scotland who have never used the internet. ‘The best deals are often online [...]
Consultation Response: Response to Digital Scotland: an interim report for consultation
Published: 2 September 2010
Consumer Focus Scotland Response to Digital Scotland: an interim report for consultation
Consultation Response: Response to Digital dividend: 600MHz band and geographic interleaved spectrum – consultation on potential uses
Published: 4 May 2010
Consumer Focus Scotland welcomes the opportunity to respond to Ofcom’s consultation on the potential uses of spectrum freed up by the switchover from analogue to digital television. We are not responding in detail to the questions set out in the consultation document. Instead, we would like to take this opportunity to offer some general comments [...]