Ministers are reportedly asking phone operators if they can use mobile data to help monitor whether the public are following social distancing advice to tackle the coronavirus.
BT, which owns EE, said it was in talks with the Government over how it could aid in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
O2 said it had been asked to support those mapping and seeking to control the spread of the virus, but ruled out allowing individuals to be identified Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the tide could be turned in the fight against the disease within 12 weeks, but only if the public heeded the social distancing advice.
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