Question follow-through · 81750

Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is considering requiring mobile network operators to provide indoor coverage data alongside outdoor coverage maps to ensure that service availability more accurat

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 13 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 15 Oct 2025
Answer: 21 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is considering requiring mobile network operators to provide indoor coverage data alongside outdoor coverage maps to ensure that service availability more accurat
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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21 Oct 2025
Answer published
Each of the main UK mobile network operators already provide indoor coverage data in their mobile coverage checkers which are available on their public facing websites.In addition, Ofcom launched their improved mobile coverage checker, ‘Map Your Mobile, o...

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