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<p>The Urban Connected Communities (UCC) Project, part of the Government’s 5G Testbeds
and Trials Programme, is a research and innovation project to trial new 5G technology,
services and applications for the public sector, industry and citizens.</p><p> </p><p>The
Department will make £25 million of funding available over three years, subject to
business case approval, for projects within UCC matched with investment from the local
public sector and private sector. There is potential for the Department to make available
up to an additional £25m over the same time period.</p><p> </p><p>The project is in
a mobilisation stage of work, which the Department is co-funding with the West Midlands
Combined Authority (WMCA). To date, the Department has approved grants of £500K to
WMCA, of which £168,600 has been drawn down, WMCA has matched this.</p><p> </p>
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