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BDUK has awarded Wessex Internet a Project Gigabit contract to provide over 7,000 premises in North Dorset with access to gigabit-capable broadband.
This page provides supporting documentation for applications to the UK Telecoms Innovation Network Competition.
This page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future Open Networks Research Challenge.
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.
Fibre in Water (FiW) is an open competition, run by DCMS from HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund and supported by DEFRA, BEIS and Cabinet Office. It will allocate up to £4 million of R&D funding to projects that develop …
This page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future RAN (FRANC) competition
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 …
A £40 million fund for local and regional authorities across the UK to establish themselves as ‘5G Innovation Regions’.
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
How can communications network providers work constructively with local authorities?
To encourage the rollout of networks, local authorities may wish to map their assets.
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
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.
This guidance sets out requirements for broadband suppliers delivering gigabit capable broadband within / close to designated heritage assets or their settings.
This challenge will allow industry and academia to develop future-facing open and interoperable solutions to diversify the UK’s telecom supply chain.
Building Digital UK (BDUK) has partnered with National Parks England, Openreach and Trenches Law to agree a joint accord to create a standardised approach to the timely delivery of gigabit broadband within the 10 English Nat…
This section provides best practice guidance on ways to encourage and provide access to local authority land, buildings and other assets for digital deployment.
How can the local planning authority support the rollout of fixed and mobile networks at the local level?
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