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Industrial 5G Testbeds and Trials: Competition Guidance and Supporting Documents

The DCMS 5G Programme Industrial 5G Testbeds & Trials grant funding competition is open for applications. Included below is competition guidance, the application form and supporting documents for applying for DCMS grant funding for Industry led 5G based projects in the manufacturing and logistics sectors.
Register your interest for Diversification R&D opportunities

You can use this form to register your interest and provide your details to be kept up to date with upcoming diversification research and development (R&D) opportunities.
Corporate Report: Phone-Paid Services Authority Framework

This document sets out the broad framework within which the Phone-Paid Services Authority (PSA) operates.

UK transition from analogue to digital landlines
- Detailed guide
- 28 February 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme information
- Guidance
- 5 June 2025
- Building Digital UK
Moving landlines to digital technologies
- Detailed guide
- 28 May 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Guidance on access agreements
- Detailed guide
- 3 March 2023
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Project Gigabit framework agreement – Openreach
- Detailed guide
- 1 May 2025
- Building Digital UK

Lesley Cowley OBE appointed as Chair of Building Digital UK
- 18 June 2025
- Building Digital UK and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Press release
Sir Chris Bryant speech at London Tech Week 2025
- 13 June 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Speech
Telecare users and their loved ones across the UK urged to speak to telecoms providers ahead of switch to digital landlines
- 2 June 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release
Huge mobile signal boost across UK countryside now covering area larger than 66,000 football pitches
- 28 May 2025
- Building Digital UK and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Press release
Scotland's most remote towns and villages get huge broadband upgrade as UK government vows to end digital exclusion plight
- 1 May 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Building Digital UK, and The Scottish Government
- Press release

Advanced Connectivity Technologies: Market Scoping Analysis 2025
- 19 June 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Research
Deepfakes and media literacy
- 27 May 2025
- Government Office for Science
- Research
Estimate of Data Centre Capacity: Great Britain 2024
- 1 May 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Research
Beyond the digital divide
- 27 November 2024
- Building Digital UK
- Research
From Digital Infrastructure to Digital Inclusion
- 27 November 2024
- Building Digital UK
- Research

Project Gigabit National Rolling Open Market Review May 2025
- 2 June 2025
- Building Digital UK
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 02 June 2025
Draft regulations to commence Sections 61 to 64 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022
- 7 May 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Open consultation
- Closing date 02 July 2025
Project Gigabit National Rolling Open Market Review January 2025
- 13 February 2025
- Building Digital UK
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 13 February 2025
Government response to the Telecoms Supply Chain Diversification Advisory Council report
- 26 March 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Policy paper
Designated Vendor Directions: approach to enforcement
- 11 February 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Policy paper

Phone-paid Services Authority Limited Annual Report and Accounts 2024 to 2025
- 19 June 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Phone-paid Services Authority
- Corporate report
Supporting information: BDUK's annual report 2023 to 2024
- 13 December 2024
- Building Digital UK
- Transparency
Building Digital UK annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024
- 13 December 2024
- Building Digital UK
- Corporate report
Phone-paid Services Authority Limited Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024
- 11 December 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Phone-paid Services Authority
- Corporate report
BDUK’s dynamic purchasing system (DPS) appointed suppliers list
- 11 October 2024
- Building Digital UK
- Transparency