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Voice over Internet Protocol: Broadband

Commons · Question 10813 · Tabled 17 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Sarah Dyke

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is planning to take to support households in areas where full fibre will not be available before the public switched telephone network switch-off takes place.

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 23 Jun 2026

The Government is committed to ensuring that any risks from the industry-led migration of the analogue Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to digital Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are mitigated for everyone across the UK. Ofcom have confirmed t...