Future Telecoms Hub

techUK hosted a webinar exploring Northern Ireland's journey to 94.2% gigabit-capable broadband coverage with industry leaders from Openreach, Fibrus, VMO2. Along with insight from Building Digital UK on Project Stratum and the Shared Rural Network and techUK's Local Digital Index.

This month, March 2024, 86 4G masts have been switched on in Wales. This forms part of the UK government-funded Shared Rural Network (SRN), a £1 billion plan to boost mobile connectivity.

In this guest blog, Ceren Clulow, Programme Director for Connecting Cambridgeshire, celebrates the achievements of the Connecting Cambridgeshire programme over the last year and its ongoing impact on the community.

This sets out the key tech, industries, enablers & actions that will make future UK leadership in space a reality.

techUK members joined us to feed in their thoughts on the role of digital connectivity in the UK government's net zero ambitions following the UK’s Wireless Infrastructure Strategy.

Comprehensive guide published outlining DSIT's Future Telecoms Programme

5G is a £150 billion idea for the UK economy, but right now, we’re not delivering that opportunity evenly across the UK. There is a digital divide, but we can fix it.

If you are a techUK member and you have an interesting use-case for edge computing we want to hear from you!

The government has today, 22 February, announced that more than one million homes, businesses, and public buildings can now access gigabit-capable broadband as the UK Government makes progress with its publicly-funded rollout. Further support has also been announced including £70m of funding for Future Telecoms and boosting satellite connectivity.