Connected Nations update: Spring 2024
Published: 24 April 2024
Last updated: 28 March 2025
The first interim update to Connected Nations 2022, based on mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability across the UK as of January 2023.
Data downloads
Published: 2 January 2024
Last updated: 28 March 2025
We have made some of the data that underpins the Connected Nations 2023 report available to download. This data allows us to make year-on-year comparisons of the state of the UK’s communications infrastructure.
Data downloads 2024
Published: 5 December 2024
Last updated: 28 March 2025
We have made some of the data that underpins the Connected Nations 2024 report available to download. This data allows us to make year-on-year comparisons of the state of the UK’s communications infrastructure.
Drive route map
Published: 30 May 2023
Last updated: 7 March 2025
Alongside our 4G- and 5G-specific signal strength measurement data, we have published a map showing the routes our spectrum assurance vehicles have taken along roads in the United Kingdom.
Mobile signal strength measurement data from our spectrum assurance vehicles
Published: 7 March 2024
Last updated: 7 March 2025
We have been compiling the 4G- and 5G-specific signal strength measurement data that our spectrum assurance vehicles capture along roads in England, Scotland and Wales.
Using a repeater to improve your indoor mobile phone signal
Published: 15 December 2023
Last updated: 25 February 2025
Poor or no indoor mobile signal? A repeater could help you get better coverage.
3G and 2G switch-off
Published: 27 February 2024
Last updated: 25 February 2025
Ofcom has set out what it expects from mobile providers when they switch off their 2G and 3G networks. The switch-off will happen over the next ten years and support the roll-out of 4G and 5G networks, which offer faster and more reliable services for customers.
Switching off 2G and 3G and 2G networks: advice for IoT and third-party device suppliers
Published: 22 January 2024
Last updated: 25 February 2025
The UK’s mobile network providers will switch off their 3G and then 2G networks over the next few years. This page explains how suppliers of Internet of Things (IoT) and third-party devices can help their customers during this period of change.
Switching off the UK’s 2G and 3G mobile networks: what you need to know
Published: 6 March 2024
Last updated: 25 February 2025
The 2G and 3G mobile networks are gradually being switched off over the next few years. Here’s what this means for you as a customer.
General Conditions that protect business customers
Published: 25 January 2016
Last updated: 17 January 2025
An overview of relevant General Conditions and how they protect small and larger businesses