PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas (16 January 2020)
Question Asked
What steps her Department is taking to improve (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
Asked by:
Damian Hinds (Conservative)
Asked by:
Damian Hinds (Conservative)
Answer
The government’s £200m Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme is already supporting rollout of gigabit broadband in rural areas.
The government has also pledged £5bn of funding for Gigabit broadband in the ‘hardest to reach’, predominantly rural, areas of the UK.
The government announced in-principle support in October 2019 for the Mobile Network Operators’ Shared Rural Network proposal. It aims to collectively increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the United Kingdom to 95% by 2025.
Answered by:
Matt Warman (Conservative)
16 January 2020
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