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<p>On 25 October 2019, the Government announced in-principle support for a Shared
Rural Network (SRN) programme, which is a proposal from the Mobile Network Operators
(MNOs) to collectively increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the United Kingdom to
95% by 2025, underpinned by a legally binding coverage commitment from each operator
to have reached more than 92% by 2026. The Government’s in-principle support remains
subject to detailed negotiations with the MNOs, but our ambition is to reach a formal
agreement on the SRN in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The exact site deployment
plans and timescales will be managed by the MNOs themselves in order for them to best
deliver the agreed coverage outcomes. So until the operators’ final radio planning
exercise is complete, neither the Government nor the operators will know the precise
location or number of new or upgraded masts. However, the operators will be consulting
with local communities as they do so. The MNOs’ intention is to deliver this programme
by the end of 2025.</p>
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