Written questions

Broadband: Standards

Commons · Question 11078 · Tabled 17 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 26 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of whether Ofcom's proposed benchmark for mobile network performance is sufficient to move the UK into the top third of OECD countries for mobile quality on

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 26 Jun 2026

Ofcom is an independent regulator, and its proposed performance benchmark is part of an ongoing discussion on defining a measure of good mobile performance based on a set of performance thresholds that indicate a good overall user experience. This discuss...