Proportion of UK premises with mobile coverage from at least one mobile network by mobile network technology type

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Proportion of UK premises with mobile coverage from at least one mobile network by mobile network technology type
Indicator description

Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, broken down by technology, refers to the percentage of inhabitants living within range of a mobile-cellular signal, irrespective of whether or not they are mobile phone subscribers or users.
Geographical coverage

United Kingdom
Unit of measurement

Percentage (%)
Definitions

Not available for this indicator
Available disaggregations

Technology type
Calculations

No calculations were performed in the data acquisition of this indicator as appropriate data was readily available in the final format specified by this indicator.
Other information

The percentage of the population covered by a mobile cellular network can be considered as a minimum indicator for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) access since it provides people with the possibility to subscribe to and use mobile-cellular services to communicate. Over the last decade, mobile cellular networks have expanded rapidly and helped overcome very basic infrastructure barriers that existed when fixed-telephone networks – often limited to urban and highly populated areas - were the dominant telecommunication infrastructure. Data follows the UN specification for this indicator. This indicator has not been identified in collaboration with topic experts.
Data last updated 18 May 2023
Metadata last updated 18 May 2023

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology
Target name

Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020
UN designated tier

Tier I
UN custodian agency

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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Source 1

Organisation

United Nations Statistics Division
Periodicity

Annual
Earliest available data

2000
Geographical coverage

United Kingdom
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Release date 01 April 2023
Next release

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Statistical classification

Non official
Contact details

statistics@un.org
Other information

To access the data, select Data Series = 9.c.1, Geographic Areas = Countries - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Period = Years (all years).
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