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I asked 0fcom, the governments communication regulator, for an interview about 56 in the uk. it declined. instead, i spoke to mobile uk, the trade association for the main mobile network operators, and i asked why the 56 roll—out wasnt further ahead after all this time. well, in that three years, weve had covid, which did impact on our ability to deploy that network. equally, the government has taken decisions to take certain vendors out of the market, which has meant weve actually had to reco...

Weve got two phones here — one is running on 5g, one is running on ag. now, this is really unscientific — theyre different phones and theyre also on different networks. but what you can see is that, actually, the ag is a lot faster in this particular spot than the 5g. this isnt exactly helping 5g phones fly off the shelves in the shops. they dont really know how you sell that to a customer, cos, quite frankly, if someone walks into a shop, theyre most likely to say, "i want an iphone," or, "...

Also on different networks. but what you can see is that, actually, the 4g is a lot faster in this particular spot than the 5g. this isnt exactly helping 5g phones fly off the shelves in the shops. they dont really know how you sell that to a customer, cos, quite frankly, if someone walks into a shop, theyre most likely to say, "i want an iphone," or, "i want a samsung galaxy phone," and its got to have great battery, a nice screen, a nice camera. 5g is kind of left out there. so is there enough...

In this particular spot than the 5g. this isnt exactly helping 5g phones fly off the shelves in the shops. they dont really know how you sell that to a customer, cos, quite frankly, if someone walks into a shop, theyre most likely to say, "i want an iphone," or, "i want a samsung galaxy phone," and its got to have great battery, a nice screen, a nice camera. 5g is kind of left out there. so is there enough 5g infrastructure in place? in many countries, we see the experience, things like speed, a...

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Now, this is really unscientific — theyre different phones and theyre also on different networks. but what you can see is that, actually, the 4g is a lot faster in this particular spot than the 56. this isnt exactly helping 56 phones fly off the shelves in the shops. they dont really know how you sell that to a customer, cos, quite frankly, if someone walks into a shop, theyre most likely to say, "i want an iphone," or, "i want a samsung galaxy phone," and its got to have great battery, a nice...

In councils, and so on all over the place to make local- democracy work better. and that collaboration, - unfortunately — which i think all of us who are independent| thought was a really good way for the bbc and local media to join forces at the local i level — and unfortunately, this particular initiative, . which has been, obviously trailed since march 2021, i has not benefited from that kind of collaboration. - and the dispute has rolled on. 0fcom has not gotten involved. yes, i was goin...

And so on all over- the place to make local democracy work better. and that collaboration, unfortunately — - which i think all of us - who are independent thought was a really good way for - the bbc and local media tojoin forces at the local level — and unfortunately, this particular initiative, . which has been, obviously trailed since march 2021, i has not benefited from that kind of collaboration. - and the dispute has rolled on. 0fcom has not gotten involved. yes, i was going to ask just...

To intervene and i have to say were disappointed by the passivity of that regulator, and we think they left the door open in 2019 when they let the bbc expand substantially into scotland by starting up a dedicated scottish channel. i think the bbc now employs more newsjournalists in scotland than any other media organisation. thatjust seems unbalanced to me. we hope that 0fcom will awake from its slumber and do something about this. 0k, thank you both. i want to turn back as were coming towards ...

Were disappointed by the passivity of that regulator, and we think they left the door open in 2019 when they let the bbc expand substantially into scotland by starting up a dedicated scottish channel. i think the bbc now employs more newsjournalists in scotland than any other media organisation. thatjust seems unbalanced to me. we hope that 0fcom will awake from its slumber and do something about this. 0k, thank you both. i want to turn back as were coming towards the end of the programme to the...