Question follow-through · 87588

Mobile Phones: Outages

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resilience of mobile networks in rural areas; and whether her Department plans to review (a) planning and (b) infrastructure requirem

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 3 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 11 Nov 2025
Answer: 11 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resilience of mobile networks in rural areas; and whether her Department plans to review (a) planning and (b) infrastructure requirem
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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11 Nov 2025
Answer published
Senior officials within the department have been in regular contact with Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) about the coverage issue in Calder Valley constituency that impacted both O2 and Vodafone customers, along with customers of Mobile Virtual Network Operators u...

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