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BDUK has awarded broadband provider Quickline a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 28,000 premises across West Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
This section provides guidance for communications network providers on legislation, regulation, working with local authorities and with property developers.
A £40 million fund for local and regional authorities across the UK to establish themselves as ‘5G Innovation Regions’.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is inviting applications for up to £80 million of funding to support the development of open network solutions.
This section offers guidance to assist local authorities in areas of digital leadership, legislation, regulation, planning, public assets and deployment.
This environmental resource guide seeks to support the rollout of digital infrastructure in England, by providing greater awareness of climate adaptation, environmental improvements (biodiversity gains), and low carbon consi…
BDUK has awarded broadband provider Quickline a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 72,000 premises across Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
This page provides supporting documentation for applications to the UK Telecoms Innovation Network Competition.
BDUK has awarded broadband provider Gigaclear a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 4,400 premises across East Gloucestershire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
BDUK has awarded broadband provider CityFibre a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 75,500 premises across Hampshire and surrounding areas with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
A complete list of 5G projects involved in the 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme
Voneus is no longer delivering the Project Gigabit contract for Mid West Shropshire. …
BDUK has awarded broadband provider Wessex Internet a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 14,500 premises across South Wiltshire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
BDUK has awarded broadband provider FullFibre a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 7,900 premises across West Herefordshire and Forest of Dean with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
The Open Networks Research and Development (R&D) Fund is the £250 million government supported programme to deliver upon the UK’s 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy.
BDUK has awarded broadband provider CityFibre a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 62,200 premises across Norfolk and the surrounding areas with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
On 24 March 2025, CityFibre announced that it had acquired Connexin. Building Digital UK (BDUK) has agreed to a change of control of the Project Gigabit contract in Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire to CityFibre.
This page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future Open Networks Research Challenge.
There is no evidence of a link between 5G and coronavirus (COVID-19).
This challenge will allow industry and academia to develop future-facing open and interoperable solutions to diversify the UK’s telecom supply chain.
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