Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN) are thrilled to invite you to Connected Reflections Live — an exclusive showcase celebrating groundbreaking innovations, ecosystems, and the market-shaping insights from the Future Networks Programme.

​It’s that time of year again when we all gear up for the world’s biggest connectivity event! To keep the tradition alive, we’re excited to bring back the Telco WebWeaver MWC Social—a networking event where we’ll reconnect, strengthen partnerships, and, most importantly, celebrate friendships.

The event will bring together leading global experts from academia, industry, and government to explore the future of 6G technologies and their transformative potential.

At Connected Places Catapult we connect people, places and businesses for a future of sustainable growth and prosperity.

ONE Western O-RAN Deployment (WORD) Overview 

Peter Gradwell, Telet Research; Rafal Sanecki, IS-Wireless 

Witek Wojas Connected Places

UKTIN Connected Places update

Ayrshire 5GIR: Julia McMurdie, North Ayrshire Council; Derek Johnstone, South Ayrshire Council;  Ashleigh Jordan, Vodafone

Ayrshire 5GIR Update Agenda

 • Regional Economic Strategy 

• Digital Economy Framework

Rhys Enfield Director of Infrastructure Acceleration

Historic Windsor will again play host to more than one hundred of the industry's most innovative thinkers as they assemble at the Fairmont Windsor Park on 3-4 June, to discuss the 2025 DSP Leaders World Forum theme, ‘Unleashing the digital services opportunity’.

The Telco as a Platform Summit is back for its second year, bringing fresh perspectives on building a Telco as a Platform model that drives innovation and unlocks new opportunities for enterprises and consumer-facing service providers.

Spotlight on 5G is back! From 3-6 March, we’ll bring you comprehensive, multimedia coverage of the hottest industry news, game-changing announcements, cutting-edge solutions, and groundbreaking product launches that take place at MWC25.

The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is at the forefront of driving innovation in next-generation communication technologies and services across Europe. At the same time, various national initiatives in Europe are actively advancing 6G technologies and smart services.

The 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit builds on putting together two successful conferences in the area of telecommunications: EuCNC (European Conference on Networks and Communications), supported by the European Commission, and the 6G Summit, originated from the 6G Flagship programme in Finland, one of the very first in its area.

Join the University of Bristol and its partners in JOINER and REASON to learn, debate and discover what our future connected world can enable.

Read the latest UKTIN news, Industry news, Success stories and Governement updates in this winter edition.

Capacity Europe 2024 brought together over 3,000 people from all over the connectivity and digital infrastructure community - and it was a blast!

Where UK connectivity leaders from across the public and private sector come to meet

The Media, Telecoms and Beyond conference has seen a long-standing collaboration between Enders Analysis and Deloitte.

TechEx North America brings together eight leading technology events: IoT Tech Expo, AI & Big Data Expo, Cyber Security & Cloud Expo, Digital Transformation Week, Intelligent Automation Conference, Edge Computing Expo, Cloud Transformation, and Data Centres Expo.

TechEx Europe brings together eight leading technology events: IoT Tech Expo, AI & Big Data Expo, Cyber Security & Cloud Expo, Digital Transformation, Intelligent Automation, Edge Computing Expo, Unified Communications Expo, and Data Centres Expo.

Where technology, policy and commerce converge

Join DSIT and UKTIN to discuss how adopting wireless solutions can transform industries and public services, driving local growth.