Scotland 5G Centre (S5GC): evaluation

Footnotes

1 The Scottish Government funding effectively ended in March 2025, albeit with a small underspend which supported two final staff posts until October 2025 until the final closure of the S5GC.

2 Scotland Wave 1 Impact Review, O’Herlihy and Co Ltd, July 2022.

3 The Scottish Government funding effectively ended in March 2025, albeit with a small underspend which supported two final staff posts until October 2025 until the final closure of the S5GC.

4 Connected Nations Scotland Report, Ofcom, November 2025.

5 The Scotland 5G Centre Business Plan 2020-2022 (April 2020).

6 S5GC Business Case for Funding Extension 2023-2024.

7 Noted in S5GC Business Case for Funding Extension 2023-2024 (August 2022)

8 This does not include other funding into these projects.

9 Scotland Wave 1 Impact Review, O’Herlihy and Co Ltd, July 2022.

10 Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 states: “In Scotland, 5G SA coverage outside premises from at least one MNO stands at 77% at the High Confidence level and 66% at the Very High Confidence level.”