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Mobile Phones: Outages

Commons · Question 87588 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

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Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn

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

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 11 Nov 2025

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...