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This page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future Open Networks Research Challenge.
The Scottish Government has awarded broadband provider GoFibre a Project Gigabit contract to provide up to 10,700 premises across the Borders and East Lothian with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
This page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future RAN (FRANC) competition
How can local authorities demonstrate leadership and create a strategy to encourage investment in digital infrastructure?
Information about the Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) programme, with guidance on how to get involved and find out more.
Information about the DCIA programme, with guidance on how to participate in the Pilot competition
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.
This guide includes a selection of environmental and climate considerations to support the rollout of digital infrastructure. It is based on England jurisdiction, but has direct relevance across devolved administrations too.
A £40 million fund for local and regional authorities across the UK to establish themselves as ‘5G Innovation Regions’.
This treaty was presented to Parliament November 2015.
How to apply for UK National Delegate support for the ESA Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Programme.
How to ensure telecom networks remain secure, resilient, and accessible, including during emergencies
To encourage the rollout of networks, local authorities may wish to map their assets.
Apply for UK Space Agency funding for AI for Satcom and Ground Station Innovation.
This collaboration offers a strategic opportunity for the UK and ROK to establish global leadership in the priority area of Open RAN network power efficiency.
The Government asked the Future Communications Challenge Group (FCCG) to give it advice on what the UK should do to be a world leader in 5G. The FCCG has now produced it's interim report.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Successful local authority-led pilots to help better understand the benefits of using street furniture and other assets for network deployment.
Successful projects receiving up to £80 million of funding in the next phase of the UK Open Networks Research and Development (R&D) Fund.
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.
Future RAN is an open competition, run by DCMS, that will allocate up to £30 million of R&D funding to projects that support the goals of the government's 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy. The competition is …
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