The UK Government has today announced £65m in public funding to help conduct “innovative” new R&D trials of 5G style applications and specific wireless broadband connectivity solutions, which among other things includes £30m for nine projects under the Rural Connected Communities (RCC) programme.
We should point out that all of this forms part of the £200m 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme, which began in 2018 with a smaller selection of pilots but has since branched out. All of this pre-dates the new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and his £5bn pledge to have “Gigabit broadband sprouting in every home” by the end of 2025; the 2025 plan is a separate programme, but all can share what they learn.
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