FRANC-ly my dear, the UK government does give an OpenRAN
The UK government has launched an initiative designed to speed up the adoption of OpenRAN as part of its quest to erase Huawei from the country’s mobile networks.
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UK tries to breathe fresh life into its shared rural network
The UK government issued a press release detailing how great everything will be when the shared rural network is finished.
UK requires device makers to provide better security info
Proposed new UK legislation will require device makers to provide vital security information to consumers at the point of sale to help protect against cyber-attack.
UK government chucks some money at a few 5G bright ideas
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has managed to scrape together £28 million to contribute to some test projects focusing on consumer applications of 5G.
UK goes big on OpenRAN as it tightens Huawei sanctions further
In keeping with the current political climes, the UK government has decided to unilaterally impose further constraints on what mobile operators can do with their own networks.
Ex BT CEO to chair UK government’s anti-Huawei taskforce
Lord Livingston will serve as chairman of a new taskforce designed to broaden the UK telecoms industry’s supply chain, Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman revealed on Wednesday.
UK Parliament wants more state censorship and it wants it now
Apparently people sometimes say things online that UK politicians don’t like, so they want to be able to punish social media companies that allow it.
UK to follow Europe’s lead on small cell planning permission exemption
The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed it plans to follow European Commission rules to make small cells exempt from planning permission.
YouTube to limit exposure of 5G conspiracy theories but won’t remove content
YouTube has confirmed it will reduce the exposure videos which promote 5G as some sort of cause or accelerator of the coronavirus, though its actions are somewhat limited.
UK ISPs show a bit of blitz spirit
All the UK consumer ISPs have been asked by the government to agree to some measures to help vulnerable customers during the COVID-19 crisis.
Huawei position in UK called into question by rowdy politicians
A small group of UK politicians are gathering steam in opposition of the Telecoms Supply Chain Review, calling for zero involvement from high-risk vendors, and the Government did not directly disagree.
Openreach cuts costs by 75% to attract builders to fibre diet
Openreach will be slashing the cost of installing fibre wires in new residential developments of less than 30 plots, as it looks to tempt housing developers onto a fibre diet.
The fourth-round bell has rung and Huawei is still standing in the UK, just
In the UK Supply Chain Review, Huawei is battered and bruised entering the fifth round, but the UK Government still isn’t telling us whether Huawei is going down in the fifth or not.
DCMS calls out Facebook for stretching the truth
Facebook might have thought the worst of the Cambridge Analytica affair was behind it, but the UK Government is questioning whether it was entirely truthful with evidence presented to a parliamentary committee.
This announcement is about further delay – UK Gov on Huawei
The UK Government has made it clear the Supply Chain Review is about more than one company or one country, but the Huawei dilemma is the most important question; and there still is no answer.
‘No technical grounds’ to ban Huawei says UK Parliament committee
Chair of the Science and Technology Committee in the UK, Norman Lamb, has stated there is not enough technical evidence to ban Huawei and is demanding a final decision by the end of August.
DCMS launches new initiative to bring elderly into digital
The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced the launch of a new initiative to help older and disabled people get digital skills and reap the benefits of the digital era.
UK Gov makes bold steps to tackle long-ignored security problem
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have jointly released new guidelines for the manufacture of smart devices, intended to build security into the foundations.
Government research suggests digital divide plans might actually be working
When you compare the digital divide to other countries around the world, it looks like nothing more than a minor crack in the UK. That said, it is still there and new research suggests it is getting smaller.
Is the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport the real life DOSAC?
Under-qualified Ministers, photo-ops with minimal media presence and a mash-up of policy areas which don’t really align, it’s like government is taking advice from the writers of The Thick of It.
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