The Open Networks Research and Development (R&D) Fund is the £250 million government-supported programme to deliver upon the UK’s 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy. Find out more about the Future Radio Access Network Competition (FRANC) projects in the video below, which includes Connecting Cambridgeshire programme director Ceren Clulow's thoughts on why government funding is so important. Ceren also mentions our CORE project - you can learn more about that here: https://lnkd.in/eGR42Snd #FRANC Department for Science, Innovation and Technology #Innovation #5G #OpenRAN #CambridgeshireOpenRANEcosystemProject UKTIN Cambridgeshire County Council #Connectivity AWTG Ltd Benetel Gooii Ltd Wolfram University of Cambridge University of Surrey Cambridge Corn Exchange Cambridge City Council #COREHDD
Reflecting on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology FRANC projects 💭 The UK Government’s £250 million 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy has helped to incentivise the industry to create new products and services to unlock the full potential of Open RAN. FRANC was the first intervention DSIT announced from the Open Networks Programme in 2021. A total of 14 projects were funded to support the goals of the Government’s 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy. These projects have enabled a wide range of organisations to focus on developing technical solutions such as: ➡️Radio transmitters ➡️Signal processing equipment ➡️Power management systems ➡️Software to support open interface architectures The projects spread across the UK, including Glasgow, Cardiff, Cambridge, Newcastle, Newport, Slough and Ebbw Vale - building on the existing industrial strength of these regions, while further developing an engineering base with a new set of skills. To mark the conclusion of the FRANC projects this year UKTIN spoke to DSIT’s Dejan Bojic, Head of Technical, Future Network Programmes ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eyv4dwWF #telecoms #innovation