diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 5ec9593..941b7c2 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -1036,8 +1036,7 @@
 					<button id="netstate-refresh-btn" data-needs="card" onclick="netStateRefresh()" class="px-2 py-0.5 text-xs rounded bg-gray-200 dark:bg-slate-700 text-gray-700 dark:text-slate-300 hover:bg-gray-300 dark:hover:bg-slate-600 disabled:opacity-40 disabled:cursor-not-allowed" data-l10n="Refresh">Refresh</button>
 				</div>
 				<div id="netstate-location" class="text-xs font-mono text-gray-600 dark:text-slate-400"></div>
-				<div id="netstate-area" class="text-xs font-mono text-gray-400 dark:text-slate-500"></div>
-				<div id="netstate-read" class="text-xs text-gray-400 dark:text-slate-500 mt-1"></div>
+				<div class="text-xs text-gray-400 dark:text-slate-500 mt-1"><span data-l10n="Last refresh">Last refresh</span>: <span id="netstate-read"></span></div>
 				<div id="netstate-body" class="mt-2 text-xs font-mono text-gray-600 dark:text-slate-400 max-h-[45vh] overflow-auto"></div>
 			</fieldset>
 			</div>
@@ -1414,7 +1413,7 @@
 // ===== Version =====
 // Single source of truth for the PWA version: shown in the header and used
 // by the server version check in pysimConnect().
-const SIMPLE_VERSION = '2.7.4';
+const SIMPLE_VERSION = '2.7.5';
 document.getElementById('app-version').textContent = 'v' + SIMPLE_VERSION;
 
 // ===== Tab switching =====
@@ -12654,7 +12653,6 @@ function netStateRender(state) {
 	} else {
 		locEl.innerHTML = '<span class="text-gray-400">—</span>';
 	}
-	document.getElementById('netstate-area').textContent = loc ? (loc.area + ' ' + loc.lac) : '';
 	document.getElementById('netstate-read').textContent =
 		state && state.read_at ? new Date(state.read_at * 1000).toLocaleTimeString() : '';
 	const files = (state && state.files) || {};
@@ -12952,6 +12950,7 @@ const LANG_RU = {
 	'Raw APDU': 'Отправка APDU',
 	'Read': 'Прочитать',
 	'Refresh': 'Обновить',
+	'Last refresh': 'Последнее обновление',
 	'Save': 'Сохранить',
 	'Raw': 'Данные как на карте',
 	'Decoded': 'Декодированные данные',
diff --git a/frontend/sw.js b/frontend/sw.js
index da48323..b412e0b 100644
--- a/frontend/sw.js
+++ b/frontend/sw.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const CACHE = 'simple-v207';
+const CACHE = 'simple-v208';
 const URLS = [
   'index.html',
   'help.html',
diff --git a/frontend/tests/html.test.js b/frontend/tests/html.test.js
index 2664d78..2a6102c 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/html.test.js
+++ b/frontend/tests/html.test.js
@@ -293,3 +293,8 @@ test('SCP81 listener exposes its four modes with the matching notes', () => {
     assert.ok(html.includes("mode === 'redirect' && (!hostVal || !portVal)"));
     assert.ok(html.includes("el.disabled = (mode === 'passthru')"));
 });
+
+test('the network monitor labels its refresh timestamp and has no area line', () => {
+    assert.match(html, /data-l10n="Last refresh">Last refresh<\/span>: <span id="netstate-read"><\/span>/);
+    assert.ok(!/id="netstate-area"/.test(html), 'the area line is gone; LAI/RAI/TAI live in the EF rows');
+});
diff --git a/frontend/tests/netstate.test.js b/frontend/tests/netstate.test.js
index eb06f83..0292d4c 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/netstate.test.js
+++ b/frontend/tests/netstate.test.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ eval(code);
 
 function setup() {
 	const els = {};
-	for (const id of ['netstate-badge', 'netstate-location', 'netstate-area',
+	for (const id of ['netstate-badge', 'netstate-location',
 		'netstate-read', 'netstate-body']) {
 		els[id] = { className: '', textContent: '', innerHTML: '' };
 	}
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ test('netStateRender paints the service badge, location and rows', () => {
 	assert.ok(els['netstate-location'].innerHTML.includes(
 		'Telekom<span class="block">Guest (roaming) · <span class="text-red-500">⛔ PLMN not allowed</span></span>'));
 	assert.ok(!els['netstate-location'].innerHTML.includes('Telekom · '));
-	assert.strictEqual(els['netstate-area'].textContent, 'LAI 6CD7');
+	assert.strictEqual(els['netstate-read'].textContent, new Date(1700000000 * 1000).toLocaleTimeString());
 	assert.ok(els['netstate-body'].innerHTML.includes('EF.IMSI'));
 	assert.ok(els['netstate-body'].innerHTML.includes('262011234567890'));
 	assert.ok(els['netstate-body'].innerHTML.includes('>write<'));
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0acb06d..e74b9af 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "pysim-simple-server"
-version = "2.7.4"
+version = "2.7.5"
 description = "HTTP REST server wrapping pysim for the SIMple PWA"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 # pysim is a git-only dependency installed explicitly by setup.bat/setup.sh.
diff --git a/pysim_simple_server/server.py b/pysim_simple_server/server.py
index bbd1af7..3628bb5 100644
--- a/pysim_simple_server/server.py
+++ b/pysim_simple_server/server.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from osmocom.construct import GsmOrUcs2Adapter
 from osmocom.tlv import BER_TLV_IE
 
 
-VERSION = '2.7.4'
+VERSION = '2.7.5'
 
 MAX_ENVELOPE_SEGMENTS = 5  # max SMS segments for outgoing C-APDU in ENVELOPE