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management platforms," said Tony Sceales, sector coordination lead for the 5G
Testbeds & Trials Programme at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &
Sport. "It's the way that everything starts to get glued together."
The world moves to a new generation of mobile technology roughly every 10
years, said Sceales, and the UK is believed to be a year or two ahead in the
decade-long rollout of 5G.
Communications regulator Ofcom recently auctioned off the 3.4GHz band
to telecoms companies for 5G use, and various government-backed research
initiatives are underway to encourage investment, develop technology and
prepare a regulatory framework.
The £1 billion National Productivity Infrastructure Fund has provided a £700
million pool of funding split between local full fibre and 5G programmes. And
the government is also in the process of appointing a pilot 5G city as part of the
5G Urban Connected Communities project.
All this will support inward investment, exports, productivity and academia, said
Sceales, adding, "Our ambition is to be the number one digital nation."
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Oliver Bradley
CityFibre,
on the altnets
John Mayhew
M&G, on the financing
environment
Ian Dabson,
Infrastructure & Projects
Authority, on regulation
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