The Digital Policy Alliance (DPA) a industry group including companies such as Microsoft, Google, IBM and Cisco, has been formed in order to campaign for action regarding UK broadband.

The group has a history of providing industry expertise to governments. The forming of the DPA comes after a House of Lords Communications Committee report criticised broadband competition.

Secretary general of the DPA, Edward Phelps, said: “Government has failed to inject competition into the broadband market leaving many innovative providers unable to offer their services. The current approach would appear completely at odds with the localism agenda”.