Connected Nations update: Spring 2021

06 March 2024

This is an interim update to our last Connected Nations report (December 2020), based on coverage and service availability information received from communications providers.

Reporting on these metrics is a key part of Ofcom’s role in ensuring that UK consumers and businesses have access to decent internet services and can make use of their mobile phones wherever they need to. This update tracks communications providers’ progress in increasing the availability of communications services, and how the UK’s networks are responding to the changing needs of people and businesses.

Report

Connected Nations update: Spring 2021 (PDF, 249.5 KB)

Diweddariad Cysylltu'r Gwledydd Gwanwyn 2021 (PDF, 259.3 KB)

Data

Connected Nations Spring 2021: Interactive report

Data updated 12 May 2021

We have made some of the data that underpins the Connected Nations report available for download. This data was collected up to January 2020 and enables us to make year-on-year comparisons of the state of the UK’s communications infrastructure. Please see our terms of use for our licence conditions. If you have any questions or feedback on the data we have made available, please contact us at open.data@ofcom.org.uk.

 DataAbout the data
Fixed postcodeFixed coverage postcode unit data (ZIP, 26.7 MB)About this data: Fixed coverage postcode unit data (PDF, 129.0 KB)
Fixed output areaFixed coverage 2011 census output area data (ZIP, 9.7 MB)About this data: Fixed coverage 2011 census output area data (PDF, 139.8 KB)
Fixed Westminster constituencyFixed coverage parliamentary constituency data (ZIP, 99.1 KB)About this data: Fixed coverage parliamentary constituency data (PDF, 135.4 KB)
Fixed local and unitary authorityFixed coverage local and unitary authority data (ZIP, 62.0 KB)About this data: Fixed coverage local and unitary authority data (PDF, 137.1 KB)
Mobile Westminster constituencyMobile coverage parliamentary constituency area data (ZIP, 129.9 KB)About this data: Mobile coverage parliamentary constituency area data (PDF, 204.9 KB)
Mobile local and unitary authorityMobile coverage local and unitary authority data (ZIP, 83.6 KB)About this data: Mobile coverage local and unitary authority data (PDF, 203.9 KB)