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Eighty foot giant mobile phone masts set for go ahead in countryside
United Kingdom Created: 14 Jul 2015
Eighty foot giant mobile phone masts set for go ahead in countryside in bid to end curse of poor reception - to anger of conservation groups.

· Government could allow new masts to increase coverage radius by 150%
· Telecoms industry has rejected idea to create 'national roaming' network
· Companies also want 'charter for coverage' to speed up planning consent

While the beauty of Britain’s countryside is a fine sight, there’s one thing that often seems to upset those more used to living in towns or cities - poor mobile phone reception.
But now the Government could allow 80ft (25m) phone masts to be installed in rural areas in a bid to strengthen the signal and increase the coverage radius by 150 per cent.
It comes after the telecoms industry rejected an idea from ministers to create a ‘national roaming’ network that would have seen firms allow customers to swap freely between networks.
However rural campaigners say the new masts would be a 'significant intrusion' and insist there are better ways of improving coverage than 'using bad designs that would be a blot of the landscape'.

Culture Secretary Sajid Javid had proposed to mobile phone operators that eliminating poor signals affecting many areas could be achieved by sharing mobile phone masts to increase rural coverage.
But the plan was feared to be too complicated and expensive, and cause problems such as batteries being put under too much strain and calls dropping out as phones switch between masts.
By Mark Duell for MailOnline

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