Three 5G Coverage Map
Three claims to be the fastest UK 5G network and it provides 99.8% of the outdoor population with 3G and 4G in the UK.
In October 2020, Three was found to have 4G download/upload speeds on 22.2/8.0Mbps with 48.3ms 4G latency.
O2 5G Coverage Map
Nearly 99% of the outdoor population is covered by O2’s 3G and 4G.
O2 provides a 4G download/upload speed of 18.2/6.2Mbps with a 4G latency of 38.1ms. 5G, 4G, 3G and 2G are all covered.
In terms of 5G, O2 is rapidly increasing their network and at the time of writing 5G was available in over 150 towns and cities in the UK.
Vodafone 5G Coverage Map
At the latest count 128 towns and cities across UK currently have access to 5G through the Vodafone network, with other G levels covering 99% of the population.
In October 2020, Vodafone was found to have a 22.4/8.5 Mbps download and upload speed with a 39.0ms latency making the network second place.
EE 5G Coverage Map
EE’s service covers 5G - 2G however 3G and 2G might start to become more scarce due to the introduction of 5G.
EE is continuing to roll out its 5G network and now covers 160 towns and cities in the UK and that number is planned to grow rapidly in the coming months and years.
4G, 3G and 2G currently covers 99% of the UK population.
In October 2020 it was found the EE’s 4G download and upload speeds were 36.4/9.1Mbps bettering any other network.
Your most common 5G questions
Is 5g in my area?
“Is there 5G available in my area?”, “Is there 5G in my area”, "Can I get 5G?" are amongst the most common questions we regularly get asked here at SignalChecker.co.uk. As you can see from the maps above. the majority of the country now has 5G available from at least one network, and in many places from a choice of networks.
To see if 5G is available in your exact location then simply use our mobile coverage checker.
When is 5G coming to my area?
If you want to know the answer to “When will 5G come to my area?” then it can be quite difficult to get a straight answer out of the networks as they quite often like to keep their expansion plans close to their chests!
However, we constantly monitor all areas of the UK mobile coverage for 5G coverage growth, we can let you know as soon as 5G becomes available in your area. To sign up to get an alert when 5G comes to your area just do a postcode search here and click the “Notify me when 5G enabled” button under the search results for your postcode.