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Project Gigabit progress update, June 2023

An update on the Project Gigabit delivery plan and procurement pipeline.

• From: Building Digital UK, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Chloe Smith
• Published: 30 June 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Project Gigabit progress update, June 2023

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In this update, we set out the progress being made to deliver fast and reliable connectivity to homes and businesses across the UK.

It outlines the latest on our pipeline of procurements including the award of six Project Gigabit contracts in Cambridgeshire, the New Forest, North Shropshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Hampshire. In total, these contracts have a combined value of up to £425 million, to cover up to 284,000 premises. In recent months BDUK also launched nine new procurements.

Additionally, it provides details of the government’s Wireless Infrastructure Strategy, Unleashing Rural Opportunity plan and Smart Infrastructure Pilots programme, and an update about the government’s plans for using low earth orbit satellites to connect very hard to reach premises. Finally, the update provides details on gigabit-capable broadband coverage across the devolved nations and regions, in urban and rural areas, by supplier, and by residential and commercial premises.

Published 30 June 2023