Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 53166

Broadband: Rural Areas

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 28 May 2025

Question

Stuart Anderson

ConservativeSouth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve mobile reliability in rural areas.

Answer

Chris Bryant
4G geographic coverage from at least one mobile network operator (MNO) has now reached over 95% of the UK landmass, but our ambition is for all populated areas of the UK to benefit from high quality, reliable, 5G standalone coverage by 2030; this includes...

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