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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.

  • A Revised Telecommunications Security Code of Practice setting out updated guidance for public telecoms providers.

  • An overview of key points around access agreements between property owners and network operators for the deployment of digital infrastructure.

  • BDUK has signed a cross regional framework agreement with broadband provider, Openreach, to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to premises across Great Britain.

  • 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.

  • ARTES is the European Space Agency (ESA) research and development programme for commercial telecommunications products and services.

  • How leaving the EU has affected mobile roaming in EU and European Economic Area (EEA) countries.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Minutes from the Future of TV Distribution Stakeholder Forum, focusing on the TV sector, the infrastructure industry, and audiences.

  • Guidance for communication providers on how to identify and support 'vulnerable' customers when their landline migrates from analogue to digital networks.

  • 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.

  • BDUK has awarded Northern Ireland-based broadband provider Fibrus a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 60,000 premises in Cumbria 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 checklist of steps that telecoms companies should take before migrating customers during their fixed telecoms migration without their active consent.

  • How the telecoms regulatory framework is affected by the UK leaving the EU.