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Government breakthrough on £500 million support package to boost rural mobile coverage

11 March 2021: Today the government is a step closer to delivering better mobile coverage in rural areas, as it publishes its transparency notice for the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme and can proceed with a £500 million investment to provide all corners of the UK with better mobile connectivity.

Read the full DCMS press release for more information.

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