{"id":18534,"date":"2019-05-02T09:37:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T08:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=18534"},"modified":"2019-05-02T12:31:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T11:31:45","slug":"ofcom-uk-finds-full-fibre-broadband-available-to-7-of-uk-premises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/ofcom-uk-finds-full-fibre-broadband-available-to-7-of-uk-premises.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom Finds Full Fibre Broadband Available to 7% of UK Premises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> has published a Spring 2019 update to last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/12\/2018-infrastructure-report-shows-state-of-uk-broadband-and-mobile.html\">Connected Nations 2018<\/a> report, which uses more recent data to provide the latest coverage statistics for UK mobile and fixed line broadband networks. The key change is that &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) coverage has risen to 7% (i.e. over 300K premises in the last 4 months, nearly 1.8 million total).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Just to clarify, today&#8217;s report is actually based on coverage and service availability information received from ISPs and mobile network operators as of January 2019, which is thus four months more current than the data in their previous Connected Nations 2018 study (September 2018).<\/p>\n<p>The other key changes since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s previous report are that &#8220;<em>ultrafast broadband<\/em>&#8221; coverage (oddly defined by the regulator as speeds of <strong>300Mbps+<\/strong>) has risen from 49% to 53% of UK homes and businesses, while &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; (<strong>30Mbps+<\/strong>) coverage has edged up from 94% to 95%+. Remember that the Government&#8217;s original definition of &#8220;<em>superfast<\/em>&#8221; is slightly lower at 24Mbps+, which was officially hit over a year ago (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/01\/government-hails-95-uk-coverage-24mbps-superfast-broadband.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>As usual most of the ultrafast coverage will be coming from the expansion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>&#8217;s cable network, although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> has also been very busy deploying both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/gfast\">G.fast<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> technology. Meanwhile a growing number of alternative network ISPs are spreading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> at an increasingly rapid pace (see our &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/04\/building-uk-summary-fttp-broadband-rollouts-investment.html\"><strong>Summary of Full Fibre Plans<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;), with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/hyperopticfibre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperoptic<\/a> being two of the biggest movers in that crowd.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> In order to meet the Government&#8217;s nationwide full fibre ambition for 2033 we need to see the UK adding about 2 million premises a year.<\/div>\n<p>The improved fixed line broadband coverage also means that the number of premises that cannot get a &#8220;<em>decent broadband<\/em>&#8221; (<strong>10Mbps+<\/strong>) service has continued to fall. Around 619,000 UK premises (2%) cannot get broadband with a download speed of at least 10Mbps and an upload of at least 1Mbps, which is the specification for the UK Government\u2019s proposed broadband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/12\/ofcom-propose-bt-and-kcom-to-deliver-10mbps-uk-broadband-uso.html\"><strong>Universal Service Obligation<\/strong><\/a> (USO).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Kim Mears, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> MD of Strategic Infrastructure, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is great news for the UK and we\u2019re proud to be leading the build of faster, more reliable and future-proof broadband networks across the country.<\/p>\n<p>We want to be the national full fibre provider and we\u2019re convinced our technology can be a huge catalyst for productivity and prosperity post-Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re investing heavily in our network and people; in communities all over the UK, and we\u2019re on track to hit our target of reaching three million premises by the end of 2020. But we want to go much further, and we will do if the conditions are right to invest.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> mobile networks have seen their indoor coverage by all operators rise over the same period from 77% to 78% and geographic coverage from all operators has gone from 66% to 67%.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>January 2019 Coverage Data<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The following table summarises the latest mobile and fixed broadband coverage figures for the United Kingdom, although you can get a similar report for each of the UK&#8217;s primary regions (England, Scotland, N.Ireland and Wales) by downloading the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0021\/146613\/connected-nations-update-spring-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Spring 2019 Update<\/strong><\/a> (PDF) and scrolling toward the bottom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> use a stricter definition for geographic coverage of mobile networks (e.g. they measure by coverage provided by all operators, rather than only one with the best cover), which is why their figure is so much lower than those put out by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> individually.<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2019-uk-internet-statistics\/ofcom_2019_may_broadband_and_mobile_coverage_uk_data.png\" alt=\"ofcom 2019 may broadband and mobile coverage uk data\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom has published a Spring 2019 update to last year&#8217;s Connected Nations 2018 report, which uses more recent data to provide the latest coverage statistics for UK mobile and fixed line broadband networks. 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