PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Shared Rural Network (12 February 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Shared Rural Network, what proportion of the UK will have geographic coverage from all four operators by 2025.
Asked by:
Chris Elmore (Labour)
Asked by:
Chris Elmore (Labour)
Answer
The Government’s in-principle support for the Mobile Network Operators’ Shared Rural Network proposal remains subject to detailed negotiations, but our ambition is that by the end of 2025, 4G geographic coverage from all four operators will be significantly higher than the 66% it is today. I continue to work with the sector to conclude those negotiations and will be in a position to provide an update to this question later this spring.
Answered by:
Matt Warman (Conservative)
24 February 2020
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