INCA has submitted to HM Treasury’s Spending Review, making the economic case for continued investment in full-fibre infrastructure competition as a driver of growth, productivity and regional levelling up.
The submission covers key policy areas including adoption incentives, Project Gigabit reform, and digital inclusion strategy. It warns that Openreach is anti-competitively overbuilding in areas already served by publicly subsidised Altnet networks — undermining the very investment that government funding was designed to support.
INCA calls on Treasury to retain and reform Project Gigabit funding while halting Openreach overbuild of subsidised areas, to launch a national public information campaign to drive broadband adoption, and to introduce financial incentives for SME technology and full-fibre uptake.
The full submission is available on our Resources page.