How to connect rural Britain –
time to think again?
The benefits of a shared rural network
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The four main Mobile Operators reached agreement on how they wanted to tackle the poor rural mobile coverage in the UK. Although the various announcements make it clear that a gold-plated commercial deal has not been settled yet.
We have been encouraging this approach on how to release the brakes and connect the communities on rural coverage for a while now – we’ve even proposed what an effective solution to the problem could look like.
Let’s hope it’s not a box-ticking exercise – and that the government remains open to different approaches and possibly better solutions.
In this insight guide on rural mobile coverage we explore:
If there needs to be further consideration of the October SRN proposal by the four operators
The advantages of pooling spectrum
Why the New Zealand SRN model has been successful
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9%
UK land mass lacks coverage
£1bn
investment by Government and MNOs
95%
Government target UK 4G coverage by 2025
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