Small businesses 'risk missing opportunities of broadband'

The CBI says that broadband operators have let down the UK's SMEs by focusing on football and porn rather than business services.

One of the leading players in the UK's business sector has warned that small businesses are in grave danger of wasting the opportunity given to them by the rapid growth in broadband availability in the UK.

Sir Digby Jones told the Broadband Britain Summit 2005 in London that high-speed networks give every company the chance to compete on the global stage, and also let them transform their own working practices.

According to recent Ofcom figures, more than 30 percent of businesses now have broadband. But, Jones warned, many aren't getting full value out of it — and he believes large telecoms operators are to blame.

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