Question follow-through · 120695
Mobile Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures are being taken to ensure that the withdrawal of 3G services does not leave gaps in mobile coverage, and how the Government is accelerating the availability of 5G to addre
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures are being taken to ensure that the withdrawal of 3G services does not leave gaps in mobile coverage, and how the Government is accelerating the availability of 5G to addre
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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19 Mar 2026
Answer published
All 3G networks in the UK have now been switched off. EE and Vodafone switched off 3G in February 2024, Three in November 2025, and VMO2 in February 2026. Ofcom’s expectation of the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) was that they would provide broadly equiv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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