Government

At the recent DCIA Dissemination Event, Gareth Elliot, Mobile UK hosted a panel with representatives from all four of the UK’s mobile network operators, testament to their commitment and willingness to forge successful partnerships with local authorities.

Offering a rare opportunity to pull together representatives from different departments, agencies and teams, Nick Wiggin hosted a cross-government panel at the recent DCIA dissemination event.

During this second DCIA dissemination event, attendees were able to hear updates from all eight of the digital asset management pilots, with clear progress having been made on all sides since the last event in June.

Whereas the June event had focused primarily on the digital asset management pilots, this time round, attendees were able to also hear more about the remit - and significant progress - being made across the other three workstreams.

The third DCIA dissemination event took place in December and, following September’s virtual event, was back in the real world. GSMA’s London office, with its stunning views over Kings Cross, London, was the venue for the hundred or so attendees from across local government and industry attending the event.

The Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) September Dissemination Event: Momentum and learnings from across the four workstreams

Sharing learnings from the DCIA pilots' progress and driving collaboration

On the last day of June, the first in-person dissemination event for the DCIA project was held in Bristol.

Comment piece by Paul Coffey, CEO, The Scotland 5G Centre

Leading UK engineers and technologists have found 5G to be just as safe as 4G, 3G and Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), quashing misinformation and conspiracy theories that surround the latest mobile technology.

Final report detailing project outcomes and lessons learned.

Subject to final approvals, the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) intends to launch the 5G Innovation Regions competition at the end of July.

In anticipation of this, local/regional authorities and industry are invited to provisionally register for the 5G Innovation Regions online briefin

About this event

Following the publication of their report looking at diversity in the telecoms workforce, techUK is launching the next in their annual body of work. This time they will be focusing on Local Authorities and their roles as enablers of digital connectivity.