News and communications

Thousands of remote homes and businesses to benefit from lightning-fast broadband as new figures show a record £714 million invested in the broadband rollout so far this year.

• Updated: 10 April 2024

First of 86 4G masts have been switched on in Wales this month, benefitting residents, tourists, and business owners.

• Updated: 20 March 2024

The Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure wrote to telecom operators asking them to consider alternatives to the use of telegraph poles as they roll out faster and more reliable broadband across the country.

• Updated: 15 March 2024

The government is rolling out gigabit networks faster than any other country in the EU.

• Updated: 22 February 2024

UK Government has signed £1 billion in contracts to connect around 677,000 rural homes and businesses to lightning-fast full fibre

• Updated: 6 February 2024

Tens of thousands of people in rural Derbyshire will enjoy access to next generation gigabit broadband after a major contract was signed to upgrade the county’s network as part of Project Gigabit

• Updated: 15 December 2023

Thousands of people across rural parts of Oxfordshire and North East Staffordshire are set to benefit from new lightning-fast broadband thanks to £43 million of UK government funding.

• Updated: 27 November 2023

Ten regions spanning from Glasgow to the West Midlands in the UK are set to benefit from a £36 million fund aimed at expediting innovation driven by 5G technology.

• Updated: 16 November 2023

The UK has joined a global coalition to enhance communication network resilience and is investing £70 million in advancing domestic next-gen telecom technology through the UKRI Technology Missions Fund.

• Updated: 5 October 2023

A £60 million Regional Innovation Fund (RIF) that will boost support for universities in areas with lower levels of R&D investment is among new measures Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan has announced.

• Updated: 3 October 2023

Minister for Digital Infrastructure, John Whittingdale, gave a speech at Connected Britain in London on 20 September 2023.

• Updated: 28 September 2023

Sporting venues and tourism hotspots will see trials of new mobile tech to increase the resilience of the UK mobile network, thanks to £88 million of UK government R&D investment in innovative connectivity.

• Updated: 14 September 2023

Dean Creamer CBE has started as the new Chief Executive Officer of Building Digital UK (BDUK)

• Updated: 5 September 2023

The first cohort of Cumbrian apprentices are now in training for telecoms jobs of the future, following millions of pounds of investment from the UK government.

• Updated: 4 September 2023

The government has launched public call for information on the uses and security of private telecoms networks in the UK.

• Updated: 5 July 2023

Homes and businesses in southern and eastern parts of England are set to benefit from new lightning-fast broadband connections backed by almost £320 million of UK government investment.

• Updated: 3 July 2023

Technology Minister Sir John Whittingdale has announced initiatives in a bid to cement the UK as an international leader in telecoms.

• Updated: 12 June 2023

Thousands of homes and businesses in Shropshire will benefit from high-speed full-fibre broadband after a £24 million government contract was awarded to Freedom Fibre.

• Updated: 10 May 2023

People living and working in the Lockerbie area in Scotland are to benefit from significantly improved mobile phone connectivity as the first UK government-funded rural mast upgrade is completed.

• Updated: 3 May 2023

Letter from DSIT Secretary of State Michelle Donelan to Ofcom Chief Executive Dame Melanie Dawes following the publication of the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy and Spectrum Statement.

• Updated: 13 April 2023