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Find out if gigabit broadband is available or planned for your address in England and Wales.
What the retirement of analogue phone lines, also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), means for you.
Information for landline customers about how their provider will migrate their devices and services from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to digital technologies.
This page contains information about the scheme, including how it works, eligibility criteria, and how to access the funding available.
An overview of key points around access agreements between property owners and network operators for the deployment of digital infrastructure.
This connectivity timeline lists current dates for telecommunications modernisations supplied by network operators.
How to identify if your mobile device is 2G-only and check if your phone or smart device will connect with 4G or 5G, before the 2G switch-off.
BDUK has signed a cross regional framework agreement with broadband provider, Openreach, to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to around 312,000 premises across Great Britain.
How the telecoms regulatory framework is affected by the UK leaving the EU.
How leaving the EU has affected mobile roaming in EU and European Economic Area (EEA) countries.
A checklist of steps that telecoms companies should take before migrating customers during their fixed telecoms migration without their active consent.
The Open Networks Research and Development (R&D) Fund was a £250 million programme designed to support the UK’s 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy.
ARTES is the European Space Agency (ESA) research and development programme for commercial telecommunications products and services.
The Digital Connectivity Portal provides guidance for local authorities and network providers on improving connectivity in local areas.
The Digital Connectivity Portal provides an overview of the current legislative and regulatory environment around the deployment of digital infrastructure.
Guidance for communication providers on how to identify and support 'vulnerable' customers when their landline migrates from analogue to digital networks.
There is no evidence of a link between 5G and coronavirus (COVID-19).
Successful local and regional authorities across the UK to establish themselves as ‘5G Innovation Regions’ (5GIRs).
A £40 million fund for local and regional authorities across the UK to establish themselves as ‘5G Innovation Regions’.
Wildanet will no longer deliver two Project Gigabit contracts covering southwest and central Cornwall in full.
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