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Mobile operators Three UK<\/a>, O2<\/a> (VMO2) and Vodafone<\/a> have reportedly warned the government that the first phase of their \u00a31bn industry-led Shared Rural Network<\/a> project, which aims to extend geographic 4G<\/a> (mobile broadband) coverage (aggregate) to 95% of the UK by the end of 2025, is at risk of being delayed by 2 years.<\/p>\n

The SRN \u2013 supported by \u00a3500m<\/strong> of public funding and \u00a3532m<\/strong> from operators – involves both the reciprocal sharing of existing masts in certain areas and the demand-led building and sharing of new masts in others between the operators. But the 95% target is only when service is available from at least one operator, while the UK coverage forecast for SRN completion for all operators (i.e. geographic areas where you\u2019ll be able to take 4G<\/a> from all providers) is actually just 84% for the same date.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The SRN aims to provide guaranteed coverage to an additional 280,000 UK premises, 16,000km of roads and boost \u2018in car\u2019 coverage on around 45,000 km of road, as well as better indoor coverage for around 1.2 million premises. Individually, each operator will aim to reach 90% geographic coverage.<\/div>\n

The target also varies between different parts of the UK. For example, 4G<\/a> coverage from at least one MNO is expected to reach 98% in England, 91% in Scotland, 95% in Wales and 98% in Northern Ireland. But this falls to 90% in England, 74% in Scotland, 80% in Wales and 85% in Northern Ireland when looking at 4G coverage from all MNOs combined.<\/p>\n

The SRN actually consists of several targets for operators to meet on the way to achieving this goal. One of the first of those targets reflects the deadline for delivery of industry funded coverage improvements in “partial not-spot areas<\/em>“, which needs to be achieved by June 2024 (at this point 4G should cover 88% of the UK’s landmass). After that, Ofcom<\/a> has also set a deadline for improvements in “total not-spot areas<\/em>” of early 2027.<\/p>\n

\"SRN-Targets-and-Timelines\"<\/p>\n

According to the Telegraph<\/a> (paywall), mobile operators Vodafone<\/a>, O2<\/a> (VMO2) and Three UK<\/a> have asked the government for a delay of up to two years on the first June 2024 target for coverage of partial not-spot areas. The request is said to reflect the impact of both the COVID-19 pandemic and long-delays (up to 500 days) in being able to secure planning permission for the sites (people often object to the building of new mobile masts etc.).<\/p>\n

On top of that, there is some speculation that the planned merger between Vodafone<\/a> and Three UK<\/a> may be contributing to the delay, although both operators have denied that. But as MP Mark Pawsey recently pointed out, if Vodafone and Three UK cannot achieve their roll-out targets, then why should the government believe the mobile coverage commitments they’ve made as part of the proposed merger? It’s a fair point.<\/p>\n

We should point out that EE<\/a> isn’t mentioned above because they had already built a lot of masts in rural areas, but no agreement was ever reached over sharing access to that. Instead, EE<\/a> is more focused on upgrading existing sites and the part of the SRN that involves helping to build new masts – sharing those that are built with support from public funding.<\/p>\n

A Three UK spokesman said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are on track to deliver the overall January 2027 target for 4G geographic coverage under the SRN programme having already built 100 sites and secured planning on 80pc of the new sites that we have committed to. However, we have recently written to the government asking for an extension to the June 2024 interim target which was agreed immediately prior to the Covid lockdowns and has been impacted by delays associated with the pandemic.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Vodafone spokesman said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain committed to delivering on all elements of the SRN programme and have successfully introduced 4G to rural locations across the UK as part of the wider project which is due for delivery by January 2027.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A spokesman for O2<\/a> (VMO2) said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re continuing to invest and deliver these upgrades at pace and we expect to either meet or come very close to meeting our own individual target. We are in regular discussions with government and industry, and remain committed to delivering the full benefits of the SRN as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Government itself noted that the mobile operators are “on track to meet<\/em>” their targets – as overseen by Ofcom<\/a>, although this appears to be contradicted by Three UK’s statement above. But the regulator is due to review SRN progress next year, and it now seems probable that this may result in a change to the current plan and timescale.<\/p>\n

The news of a potential delay probably won’t come as too much of a surprise to ISPreview’s regular readers, as past mobile infrastructure projects have often struggled to achieve their targets – either on time or more generally. Finding suitable sites, obtaining power supply and fibre backhaul – particularly in remote rural areas, as well as securing the necessary permissions through the planning system, are all known bugbears.<\/p>\n

The government have recently introduced new legislation to help ease some of the challenges, particularly around infrastructure sharing, upgrades to existing sites and taller masts. But Ofcom<\/a> has only recently begun to consult (here<\/a>) on adopting some of those changes into their latest update to the related Electronic Communications Code<\/strong> (ECC).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Ofcom defines 4G coverage based on the minimum signal strength required to deliver a 95% probability of making a 90-second telephone call successfully completed and a 95% chance of getting a download speed of at least 2Mbit\/s.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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