text: Although the wider impact of the UK leaving the European Union (EU) is yet to be understood, existing international structures and standardisation should mean the impact of Brexit on the development of future 5G mobile networks, and Britain’s ability to influence them, will be largely undiminished.
  This was one of a number of key conclusions of a report drawn up for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) by the Future Communications Challenge Group (FCCG) – a consortium of independent voices from academia, the IT industry and the analyst community – which was asked by the government to offer advice on how the UK could maximise its involvement in the development of 5G.
  The FCCG concluded that although much of the activity surrounding 5G mobile networks in the EU is very strongly linked to the Horizon 2020 research plan, the vote to leave the EU should not affect the involvement of UK companies, operators and suppliers.