94% of homes and businesses in Northern Ireland can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 1.0 points in a year: 16,212 more premises can now order it. 4,774 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 892,592 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Northern Ireland | UK | |
|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 94% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 94.9% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.6% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.5% | 0.7% |
Ranked by full fibre coverage. UK rank is out of 361 council areas.
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | 96.7% | 97.1% | +0.8 | 69 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ards and North Down | 95.7% | 96% | +0.4 | 81 | 9 |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | 95.4% | 96.4% | +0.4 | 64 | 13 |
| Mid and East Antrim | 95.2% | 95.2% | +0.7 | 294 | 14 |
| Newry, Mourne and Down | 95.1% | 95.1% | +1.4 | 412 | 15 |
| Derry City and Strabane | 94.5% | 94.9% | +2.3 | 438 | 20 |
| Mid Ulster | 94.4% | 94.4% | +2.0 | 450 | 25 |
| Causeway Coast and Glens | 93.6% | 93.6% | +1.4 | 817 | 31 |
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 92.9% | 92.9% | +0.0 | 368 | 42 |
| Belfast | 92.3% | 95.7% | +1.1 | 427 | 52 |
| Fermanagh and Omagh | 90.9% | 90.9% | +1.7 | 1,354 | 66 |
94% of premises in Northern Ireland could order full fibre in January 2026, and 94.9% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Northern Ireland went from 93% in January 2025 to 94% in January 2026: 16,212 more premises.
4,774 premises in Northern Ireland (0.5%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 1,451 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 65% of premises that can get full fibre in Northern Ireland have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
Antrim and Newtownabbey has the highest full fibre coverage in Northern Ireland (96.7%) and Fermanagh and Omagh the lowest (90.9%).
99% of premises in Northern Ireland have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 78.1%.