Question follow-through · 14408
4G and 5G: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help accelerate the rollout of (a) 4G and (b) 5G in (i) central Winchester and (ii) other urban areas with limited mobile data availability.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help accelerate the rollout of (a) 4G and (b) 5G in (i) central Winchester and (ii) other urban areas with limited mobile data availability.
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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20 Nov 2024
Answer published
This government wants all areas of the UK, including urban areas such as Winchester, to benefit from good quality mobile coverage. Our ambition is for all populated areas to have higher-quality standalone 5G by 2030, and to increase 4G coverage to 95% of ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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