Connected Nations and infrastructure reports
Reports on the UK’s communications infrastructure, focusing on coverage and performance of fixed broadband and mobile networks.
Connected Nations
Our annual Connected Nations report charts the UK’s evolving communications infrastructure, and our progress towards becoming genuinely connected nations. We also publish two smaller updates a year, focusing on the key changes in coverage since our last report.
Connected Nations update: Planned network deployments 2023
This is our second forward-looking report about planned network deployments supporting very high speed broadband services in the United Kingdom, which, for all fixed networks we have examined, are now all based on full fibre technology.
Connected Nations update: Summer 2023
The interim update gives a snapshot of mobile coverage across the UK as of April 2023 and fixed broadband availability as of May 2023.
Connected Nations update: Spring 2023
This interim update gives a snapshot of mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability across the UK as of January 2023.
Connected Nations 2022
The Connected Nations 2022 report tracks progress in fixed and mobile services in the UK and summarises the role Ofcom plays in helping to further improve them.
Connected Nations update: Planned network deployments 2022
This is our first forward-looking report about planned network deployments supporting very high speed broadband services in the United Kingdom, which, for all fixed networks we have examined, are now all based on full fibre technology.
Connected Nations update: Autumn 2022
This interim update gives a snapshot of mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability across the UK as of May 2022.
Connected Nations update: Spring 2022
This interim update gives a snapshot of mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability across the UK as of January 2022.
Connected Nations
The Connected Nations 2021 report tracks progress in fixed and mobile services in the UK and summarises the role Ofcom plays in helping to further improve them.
Connected Nations update: Summer 2021
This is the second interim update to our December 2020 annual Connected Nations report. It is based on mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability across the UK as of May 2021.
Connected Nations update: Summer 2021
Connected Nations update: Spring 2021
This is an interim update to our last Connected Nations report (December 2020), based on coverage and service availability information received from communications providers as of January 2021.
Connected Nations 2020
This annual report tracks progress in fixed and mobile services in the UK and summarises the role Ofcom plays in helping to further improve them.
Connected Nations update: Summer 2020
This is an interim update to our last Connected Nations report (December 2019), based on coverage and service availability information received from communications providers as of May 2020.
Connected Nations update: Summer 2020
Connected Nations update: Spring 2020
This is an interim update to our last Connected Nations report (December 2019), based on coverage and service availability information received from communications providers as of January 2020.
Connected Nations 2019
This annual report tracks progress in fixed and mobile services in the UK and summarises the role Ofcom plays in helping to further improve them.
Connected Nations update: Summer 2019
This is an interim update to our last Connected Nations report (December 2018), based on coverage and service availability information received from communications providers as of May 2019.
Connected Nations update: Summer 2019
Connected Nations update: Spring 2019
This is an interim update to our last Connected Nations report (December 2018), based on coverage and service availability information received from communications providers as of January 2019.
Connected Nations 2018
This annual report tracks progress in fixed and mobile services in the UK and summarises the role Ofcom plays in helping to further improve them.
Connected Nations update: October 2018
This is the second interim update to our last Connected Nations report (December 2017). It provides detail on how the coverage of broadband and mobile networks across the UK and its nations has progressed since our annual Connected Nations report and the first interim update from April 2018.
Connected Nations update: October 2018
Connected Nations update: Spring 2018
This is the first spring update on progress made on the coverage of broadband and mobile networks of the UK and its nations since our last annual Connected Nations report.
'Not-spot' data
From time to time, we publish 'not-spot' data: lists of postcodes at which we estimate that some properties cannot get a reliable, indoor mobile signal from any network provider.
Older reports
Older reports are available on the National Archives website.