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People living and working in mobile signal blackspots across Scotland will be prioritised under changes to the UK government's rollout of 4G coverage.
A £40 million fund for local and regional authorities across the UK to establish themselves as ‘5G Innovation Regions’.
Successful local and regional authorities across the UK to establish themselves as ‘5G Innovation Regions’ (5GIRs).
Apply for UK Space Agency funding for AI for Satcom and Ground Station Innovation.
Business Plans are a key part of the Government’s reform programme
There is no evidence of a link between 5G and coronavirus (COVID-19).
5G Create is an open competition within the 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme. Up to £30 million of government funding will be available, aiming to explore and develop new use-cases and 5G technical capabilities.
Findings and lessons learnt to date from the 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme
The DCMS 5G Programme Rural Connected Communities is funding up to 10 5G research and development projects to run over the course of two years
Information about the Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) programme, with guidance on how to get involved and find out more.
How leaving the EU has affected the cost of making phone calls and sending texts from the UK to EU and European Economic Area (EEA) countries.
BDUK has awarded broadband provider Wessex Internet a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 10,500 premises across the New Forest and surrounding areas with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
BDUK has awarded broadband provider Connect Fibre a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 6,000 premises across North East Staffordshire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
Freedom Fibre will no longer deliver the Project Gigabit contract for North Shropshire in full.
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.
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 Borderlink a Project Gigabit contract to provide over 4,000 premises in Teesdale with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
Product security factsheet accompanying the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, outlining the problems the Bill will address and how.
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