UK rural areas still lagging in broadband and mobile coverage - Ofcom

More people in Britain can get faster broadband and a good mobile signal than last year but some rural areas are still behind towns and cities for coverage, telecoms regulator Ofcom said on Friday.Broadband access was a big issue in this month's general election campaign.Labour's left-wing leadership outlined a plan to nationalise the fixed-line network of telecoms group BT while Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised full-fibre broadband to all homes by 2025.