questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with telecommunications providers to ensure that battery back-up solutions provided to households during the Public Switched Telephone Network migration are sufficient to cover the average duration of power cuts in rural areas.
answerText: The Government is committed to ensuring any risks arising from the industry-led migration of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are mitigated for all customers. No household should be left without means to ...
heading: Voice over Internet Protocol: Rural Areas