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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jasper Jolly

Mobile internet coverage in UK worse than any EU or G7 country, Which? says

A woman at a table looks down at her phone with a frustrated expression, one hand raised
5G coverage from all operators was only at 64%, leaving large parts of the country – particularly rural areas – without faster mobile internet speeds. Photograph: Posed by model; fizkes/Getty Images

British holidaymakers watching online videos while they sit on a European beach this summer are likely to be pleasantly surprised: the signal should be better than at home.

Mobile coverage in the UK is worse than in any of the 27 EU member countries, and every other member of the G7 group of large economies, according to analysis by consumer group Which? of data from Opensignal.

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