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Written question asked by Ian Lucas (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 5 December 2014 (named day). It was answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative) on Friday, 5 December 2014 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Mobile Broadband: Wrexham

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will carry out an assessment of the adequacy of mobile telephone coverage in Wrexham town centre.

Answer

An assessment of mobile telephone coverage of the whole of the UK, including Wrexham and West Cheshire and Chester, has been carried out by Ofcom and is publicly available on the Regulator’s web site: http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/mobile-services/ The information provided goes down to the level of an appropriate administrative area – such as Wrexham. It is not possible to identify data separately for Wrexham town centre

This covers both 2G and 3G networks and may be consulted on the basis of geographical area or premises. Coverage in each area is ranked from 1 to 5 on the level of mobile coverage (1= 95% or more; 2= 90% - less than 95%; 3= 80% - less than 90%; 4= 60% - less than 80%; 5= less than 60%). It is also possible to download the data in tabular form. The data was last up-dated on 13 December 2013. More information may be found in Ofcom’s 2013 up-date to its Infrastructure Report, also available to download at: http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/mobile-services/

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
216828
Session
2014-15
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Mobile phones Wrexham Mobile broadband
Link
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