The number of UK homes with full-fibre broadband has increased by 10 per cent in a year.

There are now 8.2 million homes – 28 per cent of the population – with full-fibre broadband, according to figures from Ofcom.

This represents the highest year-on-year increase since the roll out of full-fibre began.

Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 47 per cent of the population, around 13.7 million homes. This includes full-fibre and upgraded cable networks that are capable of delivering download speeds of 1 Gbit/s or higher.

But roughly 123,000 homes and businesses – or 0.4 per cent of the UK – are still without access to a decent broadband connection.

Ofcom said that the 5G rollout has continued at pace, with the number of mobile base stations providing 5G services more than doubling over the last year, to over 6,500 sites across the UK.

87 per cent of these are in England, 8 per cent in Scotland, 3 per cent in Wales, and 2 per cent Northern Ireland.

It estimates that 5G is available from at least one mobile network operator (MNO) outside 42-57 per cent of premises.

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