Highlands to benefit from improvements to 4G network coverage

Over 80 locations in the Highlands are to have their 4G network coverage improved by June 2024.
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Over 80 locations in the Highlands are to have their 4G network coverage improved by June 2024. The announcement was made by British mobile network operator and internet service provider, EE which is part of the BT Group.

The Highlands will be one of 624 areas across Scotland to benefit from the bid to improve rural connectivity as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme – an agreement between the UK’s four mobile network operators and UK Government to extend 4G coverage to 95 per cent of the UK. So far 265 areas have already been upgraded since the deal was signed last year. A further 359 upgrades are to follow as EE invests to significantly reduce ‘partial not-spots’ by 2024. All sites have been made available for other operators to share under the SRN scheme.

The 624 rural locations which will get 4G upgrades between now and June 2024, include 83 in the Highlands, 36 in Aberdeenshire, 33 in Argyll and Bute, 28 in Scottish Borders, 27 in Dumfries and Galloway, 24 in Perth and Kinross

18 in South Lanarkshire and eight in Shetland.

Philip Jansen, chief executive of BT Group, said: “We’ve made a renewed commitment to boost rural connectivity, helping improve mobile performance regardless of location. The investment BT has made in rural areas means we have the infrastructure in place to extend our 4G coverage footprint even further, minimising the number of new sites we need to build to ensure everyone has access to reliable connectivity.

“EE is still the only provider of 4G coverage in many places across the UK, and we encourage other operators to recognise the opportunity sharing our sites offers to fill gaps in their networks.”

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