Connected Nations and infrastructure reports
Published: 19 December 2023
Last updated: 8 May 2025
Reports on the UK’s communications infrastructure, focusing on coverage and performance of fixed broadband and mobile networks.
Connected Nations - Planned Network Deployment
Published: 17 October 2023
Last updated: 8 May 2025
Ofcom’s PND Report is prepared and published to supplement our infrastructure reports (known as our Connected Nations reports). The basis and purpose of this report are set out below and provide important context to the information we publish.
Connected Nations update: Spring 2025
Published: 8 May 2025
This report provides a snapshot of mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability across the UK as of January 2025. It is an interim update to our Connected Nations 2024 report (CN2024), which was based on fixed broadband data from July 2024 and mobile coverage data from September 2024.
Connected Nations - Planned Network Deployments 2025
Published: 8 May 2025
Our 2025 forward-looking report examines the anticipated increase in fixed network coverage supporting very high speed broadband services by the end of 2027.
Preparing for 2G switch-off - devices using international roaming SIMs: 2G Network Coverage Data and predicted new ‘2G Inbound Roaming Not-Spots’
Published: 17 April 2025
Last updated: 2 May 2025
List of postcodes containing premises where international roaming SIMs are predicted to lose 2G indoor coverage once Virgin Media O2 (O2) restricts inbound roaming on its 2G network, as O2 is the only MNO providing 2G coverage at these locations.
Switching off 2G and 3G and 2G networks: advice for IoT and third-party device suppliers
Published: 22 January 2024
Last updated: 17 April 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.
Nations reports 2024
Published: 5 December 2024
Last updated: 15 April 2025
These reports examine the availability of broadband and mobile services in each of the UK's nations.
Codes of practice
Published: 28 April 2010
Last updated: 7 April 2025
This section is dedicated to information and research for the telecoms industry, including codes of practice.
Connected Nations update: Spring 2024
Published: 24 April 2024
Last updated: 28 March 2025
This interim update to Connected Nations 2023 gives a snapshot of mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability as of January 2024.
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.