Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 82527

4G and 5G: Motorways

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Lizzi Collinge

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to improve 4G and 5G mobile connectivity on major motorway routes in areas where there are known signal black spots.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

According to Ofcom’s Connected Nations Spring update, published on 8 May 2025, 4G in-vehicle coverage on UK major roads is 96% from at least one mobile network operator (MNO) and 81% from all four MNOs. The Shared Rural Network has improved 4G mobile cove...

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