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The Urban Connected Communities (UCC) Project, part of the Government\u2019s 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.

The Department will make \u00A325 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 \u00A325m over the same time period.

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 \u00A3500K to WMCA, of which \u00A3168,600 has been drawn down, WMCA has matched this.

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