Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 87588

Mobile Phones: Outages

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Josh Fenton-Glynn

LabourCalder Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resilience of mobile networks in rural areas; and whether her Department plans to review (a) planning and (b) infrastructure requirem

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
Senior officials within the department have been in regular contact with Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) about the coverage issue in Calder Valley constituency that impacted both O2 and Vodafone customers, along with customers of Mobile Virtual Network Operators u...

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