Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
(asked on 3rd October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
What steps her Department is taking to increase (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
This question was answered on 3rd October 2019
The government is committed to nationwide rollout of future proof, gigabit-capable broadband as soon as possible. Improving mobile coverage in rural areas is also a priority. We are committed to extending geographic mobile coverage to 95% of the UK and we are considering all of the options available to facilitate this.