{"id":24007,"date":"2020-12-17T10:20:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T10:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=24007"},"modified":"2020-12-17T11:46:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T11:46:37","slug":"connected-nations-2020-uk-full-fibre-covers-5-million-premises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/12\/connected-nations-2020-uk-full-fibre-covers-5-million-premises.html","title":{"rendered":"Connected Nations 2020 – UK Full Fibre Covers 5 Million Premises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ofcom<\/a> has published their annual Connection Nations infrastructure report, which reveals that “full fibre<\/em>” (FTTP<\/a>) broadband ISP networks now cover 18% of UK premises (up from 10% last year) and 27% are within reach of a “gigabit<\/em>” (1Gbps+) service (7.9 million). Meanwhile geographic 4G<\/a> cover is given as a range from 79% to 85%.<\/p>\n

The report provides a general summary of broadband and mobile network availability and data usage from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, although it’s largely based off data that was gathered a few short months ago (September 2020).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The Government’s original definition of “superfast broadband<\/em>” was 24Mbps+, which is at around 97% coverage.<\/div>\n

Before we begin it’s important to note how Ofcom<\/a> defines the different performance classes of fixed broadband. In that sense, “Decent Broadband<\/em>” usually means a 10Mbps+ download speed (i.e. Universal Service Obligation<\/strong><\/a>), while “Superfast<\/em>” is 30Mbps+, “Gigabit<\/em>” equates to 1000Mbps+ or 1Gbps+ and “Full Fibre<\/em>” essentially means a pure Fibre-to-the-Premises network (these are also gigabit speed).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the regulator appears to have dropped their “ultrafast<\/em>” (300Mbps+) category this year (less relevant given the focus on gigabit speeds) and they now give the geographic (landmass) coverage on mobile networks as a range rather than a single figure. The latter change makes more sense given the big differences in availability between EE<\/a>, O2<\/a>, Vodafone<\/a> and Three UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, we\u2019ll split our summary of the key results from this report into categories for fixed line broadband and mobile.<\/p>\n

Fixed Line Broadband Coverage<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The main focus during 2020 has been the on-going deployment of FTTP<\/a> broadband networks by various providers (Summary of UK Full Fibre Build Progress<\/strong><\/a>) and Virgin Media<\/a>’s rapid upgrade to DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1 technology (here<\/a>), both of which have predominantly focused upon urban areas. All of this reflects the fact that, at present, it’s commercial investment driving gigabit-capable networks.<\/p>\n

The Government’s new \u00a35bn<\/strong> ambition, which aims to make gigabit speeds available to at least 85% of UK premises by end of 2025 (here<\/a>), is likely to change this picture because that has a focus on supporting those in the hardest to reach final 20% of premises. However, deployments under that programme are unlikely to even begin for another year or so (here<\/a>), and will most likely continue well past 2025.<\/p>\n

Overall, the picture today is that UK “full fibre<\/em>” network coverage has risen from 3% in 2017, to 6% in 2018 (1.8 million premises), then 10% in 2019 (3 million premises) and now 18% (5.1 million premises). Meanwhile “gigabit<\/em>” coverage, which is being driven by both “full fibre<\/em>” and Virgin’s (DOCSIS<\/a>) network (there’s a lot of overbuild between these), has grown to 27% – it’s going up rapidly due mostly to both the DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade of existing hybrid fibre coax lines.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Virgin Media<\/a>’s DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade will enable 1Gbps speeds across their entire network by 2021 (here<\/a>); reaching a little over half of all UK premises (c.16 million).<\/div>\n

Meanwhile “superfast<\/em>” coverage jumped by 1% to 96% (but only 81% in rural areas) and the number of premises that cannot get a “decent broadband<\/em>” (10Mbps+<\/strong>) service is 0.6% or 190,000. But this is only if you factor-in 4G<\/a> and fixed wireless coverage to the 10Mbps figure (if you only looked at fixed line solutions it would be closer to 2% or 590,000 premises), although many of those that remain are too expensive for even the USO to fix (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

On this point we note how Ofcom estimates that 43,000 premises cannot access either a 10Mbps+ fixed broadband service, or good 4G coverage, indoors.<\/p>\n

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In terms of take-up, some 60% of connections are now “superfast<\/em>” (up from 57% last year, 45% in 2018, 38% in 2017 and 31% in 2016). Meanwhile just 25% have taken a “full fibre<\/em>” network, which is actually down from 30% last year and that’s due to the rapid pace of build (it can take 1-2 years to grow a good level of initial take-up AFTER a network has been built, so a rapid build will suppress this). But clearly a lot of people could now upgrade to a faster connection if they wanted.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the average monthly data volume per household on fixed broadband connections has increased over the past year to 349 GigaBytes<\/strong> (up from 315GB in 2019 and 241GB in 2018).<\/p>\n

Lindsey Fussell, Ofcom’s Network and Communications Group Director, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“For millions of families this year, life during lockdown would have been even more difficult without reliable broadband to work, learn, play and see loved ones.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s encouraging that future-proof, gigabit broadband is now available to a quarter of homes, and we expect that to rise even faster in the coming months.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mobile Coverage<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The report includes coverage data for mobile networks, such as via the usual 2G (voice & text) and 4G based platforms that most people should be familiar with. The UK has four primary network operators (MNO) – O2<\/a>, Three UK<\/a>, EE<\/a> (BT<\/a>) and Vodafone<\/a> – plus an assortment of virtual operators (MVNO) that piggyback off those.<\/p>\n

Overall Ofcom found that between 79% to 85% of the UK’s landmass can access a 4G network if you look across all operators (last year they just gave a single figure of 66%). The new \u00a31bn Shared Rural Network<\/strong><\/a> agreement aims to push geographic 4G coverage to 95% by the end of 2025 (here<\/a>), but historically similar efforts have struggled to deliver on their promises and the SRN won’t have had much of an impact yet (too new).<\/p>\n

Sadly, the regulator hasn’t published a proper coverage figure for the new generation of 5G mobile networks yet, which is very disappointing. But they do state that the number of mobile base stations providing 5G services has risen ten-fold, to around 3,000 across the UK. Some 87% of these are in England, 7% in Scotland and 3% in both Wales and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

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Digging deeper we were able to find some coverage figures for individual mobile operators, although we think that Ofcom hasn’t yet updated this data correctly and are querying it<\/del> (UPDATE – We’ve added Ofcom’s corrected figures below).<\/p>\n

2020 Geographic UK 4G Coverage by Operator<\/strong>
\n85% \u2013 EE (up from 84%)
\n82% \u2013 Vodafone (up from 80%)
\n79% \u2013 Three UK (unchanged from 79%)
\n80% \u2013 O2 (up from 76%)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most network operators are currently reaching maturity in their 4G deployments, although EE did previously set itself a goal for landmass coverage of 95% by the end of December 2020 (currently c.91%), but this is likely to have changed as a result of the SRN deal and Ofcom uses different methodology for calculating such coverage. Check out the full Connected Nations 2020<\/strong><\/a> report.<\/p>\n

International Comparison<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Alongside this report Ofcom has also published their latest international comparison, which pits the United Kingdom’s broadband and mobile connectivity against both the EU’s four major economies (France, Germany, Spain and Italy) and various other large countries. The data on this front is from 2019 and thus the figures are lower than those reported above (e.g. the UK is only on 12% for full fibre coverage below).<\/p>\n

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Overall, we still do well for “superfast<\/em>” coverage, but are near the bottom for full fibre, although that rollout is currently going through a rapid ramping-up phase. We think the EU’s own annual Broadband Progress report is better presented and more readable (here<\/a>), or the FTTH Council Europe’s country ranking (here<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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