Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 121002

Mobile Broadband: Standards

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what data her Department uses to track progress on 4G and 5G coverage targets.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
Through the Communications Act 2003, Ofcom, as the regulator, is responsible for reporting on the availability of electronic communications networks.The Government uses Ofcom’s Connected Nations mobile coverage data to track mobile networks across the UK....

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