{"id":807445,"date":"2022-10-13T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T23:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?p=807445"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:01:43","slug":"government-funds-telecoms-security-lab-in-solihull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/design\/communications\/government-funds-telecoms-security-lab-in-solihull-2022-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Government plans telecoms security lab in Solihull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/12154622\/andy-street-Mayor-of-West-Midlands-673.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-807446\" src=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/12154622\/andy-street-Mayor-of-West-Midlands-673-300x210.jpeg\" alt=\"andy-street Mayor of West Midlands\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/12154622\/andy-street-Mayor-of-West-Midlands-673-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/12154622\/andy-street-Mayor-of-West-Midlands-673.jpeg 673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The government has announced a telecoms lab to be based in Solihull.<\/p><div class=\"elect-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-675740110\"><div id=\"x02\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('x02'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The first of its kind in the country, the lab will act as a secure research facility bringing together telecom operators, suppliers and academics to research and test ways of boosting the security, resilience and performance of the UK\u2019s mobile networks,&#8221; according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport (DCMS). &#8220;It will help close the digital skills gap locally as well as nationally by creating dozens of specialised jobs in telecoms and cyber security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made to coincide with Birmingham Tech Week, and few other details were offered &#8211; DCMS said that the government will announce more &#8220;in due course&#8221;.<\/p><div class=\"elect-post-content-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-39612048\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"elect-test\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1936910925\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() > 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>What DCMS did say was that equipment &#8211; such as radio network infrastructure and the software which underpins it &#8211; will be tested in a realistic environment.<\/p>\n<p>That the lab will identifying national security risks and vulnerabilities, and ensure equipment and software are protected against cyber attacks. 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