<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/E0F3C86D-17EF-4521-81FD-E52F28195D25" ns1:id="E0F3C86D-17EF-4521-81FD-E52F28195D25"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/3A21B74C-470A-4101-B447-0AD005713E48" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/BDEB5C3A-BCF7-4279-8548-3B5DDA578B5C" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/BDEB5C3A-BCF7-4279-8548-3B5DDA578B5C" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2023-11-30T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/7C2F6CB5-162C-4C10-AEEA-4D7D52B1EA77" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2023-05-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10076141</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>First Mile</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Grant for R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Good connectivity is a basic necessity and yet a third of the global population does not have access to the Internet.

The Teletech(c) box provides affordable 5G in the home. It is similar in size and power consumption to a broadband router. We are starting with a pilot in Oxford and adopting a utility business model.

We are using maturing technologies, commodity products and open innovation to accelerate home access in this field. It is the digital version of buying a solar panel and selling electricity back to the network.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>