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  • What the retirement of analogue phone lines, also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), means for you.

  • Here is the information required to ascertain if your premises is eligible for vouchers and how you can apply for them.

  • An overview of key points around access agreements between property owners and network operators for the deployment of digital infrastructure.

  • Guidance for communication providers on how to identify and support 'vulnerable' customers when their landline migrates from analogue to digital networks.

  • A checklist of activities that telecoms companies should take before migrating customers from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to digital landlines without their active consent.

  • How local authorities can ensure the continued function of their telephone and non-telephone devices as the analogue landline network (also called the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)) is retired.

  • BDUK has signed a cross regional framework agreement with broadband provider, Openreach, to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to around 312,000 premises across Great Britain.

  • The Digital Connectivity Portal provides an overview of the current legislative and regulatory environment around the deployment of digital infrastructure.

  • How the telecoms regulatory framework is affected by the UK leaving the EU.

  • The methodology underlying DCMS Economic Estimates, containing National and Official Statistics by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

  • The 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme is the government’s nationally coordinated programme of investment in 5G.

  • How leaving the EU has affected mobile roaming in EU and European Economic Area (EEA) countries.

  • BDUK has awarded broadband provider Freedom Fibre a Project Gigabit contract to provide over 15,000 premises across Cheshire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.

  • BDUK has awarded broadband provider Quickline a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 72,000 premises across Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire with access to gigabit-capable broadband.

  • The Digital Connectivity Portal provides guidance for local authorities and network providers on improving connectivity in local areas.

  • The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is inviting applications for up to £80 million of funding to support the development of open network solutions.

  • BDUK has awarded Northern Ireland-based broadband provider Fibrus a Project Gigabit contract to provide around 60,000 premises in Cumbria with access to gigabit-capable broadband.

  • This section provides guidance for communications network providers on legislation, regulation, working with local authorities and with property developers.

  • Successful local and regional authorities across the UK to establish themselves as ‘5G Innovation Regions’ (5GIRs).

  • ARTES is the European Space Agency (ESA) research and development programme for commercial telecommunications products and services.