Innovation & Entrepreneurship

• Seven companies join SONIC Labs to test performance and evaluate indoor and outdoor Open RAN products
• Companies will gain access to Digital Catapult’s leading Open RAN testing facilities

• Government announces £88 million investment in innovative open 5G connectivity solutions across the UK

   

In November 2023, the Department for International Trade will be leading a trade delegation of some of the UK's most exciting technology companies to Bengaluru (Bangalore) Tech Summit.

As UKTIN extends its innovation agenda to include a working group for telecoms standards, a call for members to apply to join and/or chair the standards leadership group opens today. 

Hello, I’m Josh Privett and I head DSIT’s Future Telecoms team. In the recently published Science and Technology Framework, telecoms was identified as one of the UK Government’s five critical technologies, and as a result, attention on this area has grown considerably, increasing its focus and expanding its ambition.

Imagine a future where the UK is a global leader for innovation in future telecoms technologies.

Hi, I’m Tom Rumbelow and I lead the Open RAN policy team in the Telecoms Diversification Unit at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. 

• Applications open for £40 million fund for local and regional authorities to accelerate 5G innovation and pioneer digital connectivity for residents and business 
• Winning regions will be supported to adopt 5G and other advanced wireless tech in driving innovation and opportunity across a variety of sectors, including public ser

Back for a fifth year, TelecomTV’s Cloud Native Telco Summit examines how communications service providers are adopting new methodologies, practices and tools to underpin their increasingly cloud-oriented strategies.