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Stop 5G killing your TV

The 5G rollout accelerated greatly last year. Ofcom says that more than 70 per cent of UK households can now get a 5G signal, up from about half a year ago (check if it’s available near you at https://5g.co.uk/coverage). Networks aim to cover the whole country by 2028. But they can’t do this without building thousands of masts, and these can interfere with TV signals coming through an aerial, such as for Freeview, BT, TalkTalk and YouView (it doesn’t affect cable or satellite TV).

The problem is that some mobile signals occupy frequencies in the radio spectrum that are close to those used by TV. The more masts that are built nearby, the greater the chance your

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