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The results of the 3 Investigates survey into mobile masts near schools.
United Kingdom Created: 9 Dec 2005
Read the results of the 3 Investigates survey into mobile masts near schools.

The Schools Survey - Results

General
There are 26532 schools in the country.
2350 (8.9%) of these have at least one macro mast between 50 and 200 metres of a school.
There are 4091 mobile phone masts between 50 and 200 metres of a school.
On average 76% of schools have not been consulted about 3G masts near them.

General Consultations
We phoned schools to ask them if they had been informed about any of the masts between 50 and 200 metres of their school.
166 schools replied.
25 of these (15%) had been consulted by the phone company.
40 (24%) had been consulted by their local authority.

Consultations on 3G masts
We phoned schools to ask them if they had been informed about the 3G masts between 50 and 200 metres of their school.
There are 695 schools with 3G masts within 50-200m from the school.
365 schools, with a total of 413 masts replied.

Of the 413 masts, in 101 cases schools (24%) had been consulted by the phone company.

Of the 413 masts, in 104 cases schools (25%) had been consulted by their local authority.

Phone Companies
In a breakdown of the 3G masts in the country, the phone companies are divided thus:

Hutchison: own 462 3G masts within 50-200m from schools.
423 different schools have Hutchison 3G masts within 50-200m.

Of the 423 schools that have Hutchison 3G masts nearby, 254 responded to the survey and 64 (25%) said they had been consulted by Hutchison.

Vodaphone: own 171 3G masts within 50-200m from schools.
147 schools have Vodafone 3G masts within 50-200m.

Of the 147 schools that have Vodaphone 3G masts nearby, 81 responded to the survey and 16 (20%) said they had been consulted by Vodaphone.

T Mobile: own 155 3G masts within 50-200m from schools.
129 schools have T-Mobile 3G masts within 50-200m.

Of the 129 schools that have T-Mobile 3G masts nearby, 77 responded to the survey and 19 (25%) said they had been consulted by T-Mobile.
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Source: BBC3

Listen to the Electrosmog: The dreadful noise of the mast next door to your house!
United Kingdom Created: 9 Dec 2005
It does not matter where, or how we live, what our occupation is, what colour of our skin is.
We have one thing in common if we live near to a Mobile/Cell-phone mast/antenna!
The nerve racking noise they make.
Listen in to the thae sound that is making you ill!!
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Ericsson signs £1.5bn deal to manage 3's mast and IT division
United Kingdom Created: 8 Dec 2005
Ericsson signs £1.5bn deal to manage 3's IT division

The UK's newest mobile network operator, 3, is outsourcing the management of its masts and IT infrastructure in a groundbreaking £1.5bn deal that is likely to be copied by rivals.
More than 1,000 employees will be transferred to Ericsson, the Swedish telecoms equipment group which is expanding rapidly in so-called "managed services". It will assume responsibility for the running, maintenance and expansion of 3's 6,300 radio masts and its operational centres. And it has been charged with installing new masts to increase the coverage of the company's 3G services, which can be accessed from 86 per cent of the UK.
Neither Ericsson nor 3 would disclose the financial terms of the deal yesterday, but analysts put its value at about £1.5bn over the seven years of the contract. "This is the largest managed services partnership contract signed by Ericsson to date and one of the largest signed in the industry," Ericsson said. Its shares jumped almost 4 per cent on the news.
3, owned by the Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, has previously tied up similar outsourcing deals with Ericsson in Australia and Italy. A spokesman said it "allows 3 to concentrate on what it does differently and does best". It has been at the forefront of introducing video content and music downloads to mobile phone users, and boasts 3.2 million subscribers in the UK.
Rival networks are believed to be examining similar outsourcing deals. Ericsson's main rivals in managed services are Nokia and Siemens, while network equipment companies such as Nortel Networks and Lucent Technologies are also potential candidates for some outsourcing work. Such deals would allow mobile companies to cut costs at a time when competition is hotting up in mature markets such as the UK.
Jan Dworski, a telecoms analyst at Handelsbanken, said: "It is generally a tough climate for operators in Europe. If some of them improve their cost picture via this type of deal then that should lead to an increase in interest among other operators."
The deal will benefit Ericsson's core equipment supply business as well as its fast-growing managed services arm. It said it would supply equipment, additional technology and related services to 3 as part of the new relationship between the companies. It gave no details on what equipment it would supply, which had so far been bought by 3 from other vendors.
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Source: By Stephen Foley. Published: 07 December 2005

The rats flee the ship?, are Hutchison getting out of Britain, after all the harm they have done?
United Kingdom Created: 8 Dec 2005
3 and Ericsson sign managed services agreement

3UK and Ericsson announced they have entered into an exclusive managed services partnership. Under the agreement, Ericsson will be responsible
for the management of the 3 network and its IT infrastructure in the UK.

This is the largest managed services partnership contract signed by Ericsson to date and one of the largest ever signed in the industry.

Under the new partnership, 3 will retain ownership of the network and IT assets, as well as responsibility for the strategic direction of the network and
IT infrastructure. Ericsson will be responsible for the management, operation and performance of that network and IT infrastructure.
A supply of equipment, additional technology and related services, is also part of the future relationship.

The innovative seven-year partnership is the first agreement of its type in the UK. The agreement ensures Ericsson will operate the network to the highest standards, while enabling 3 to manage and control its cost base, thereby enhancing the company's platform for growth.

Ericsson has managed services partnerships already in place with 3 in Australia and Italy, where it manages 3's multi-vendor networks and service delivery environments and in Sweden where it manages 3's messaging platform. This new contract delivers further synergies for both parties.

Bob Fuller, CEO of 3 UK said: "We are very pleased to be announcing this innovative partnership with Ericsson. This is an important step in the implementation
of our strategy and means we can focus on our core business of providing a convergence of communications, entertainment and information to our customers."

He added: "Ericsson is a managed service specialist and a long-term and trusted partner for 3. This agreement is not just the most efficient way to own and manage infrastructure of this kind, but also the way to deliver the best possible service to our growing customer base. We are delighted that Ericsson will be bringing its extensive management expertise to the 3 network."

Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO of Ericsson, said: "We are very proud to be entrusted with the responsibility for the ongoing management of 3's multi-vendor network in the UK. This further strengthens our partnership with Hutchison Whampoa Group. The partnership also means that Ericsson has
reached another significant milestone - with this agreement, we will now manage networks that in total serve more than 50 million subscribers worldwide."

As well as taking charge of the management, maintenance and expansion of 3's network and IT infrastructure, Ericsson will be responsible for the ongoing
radio network rollout, the maintenance of the existing 6,300 radio sites and the management of the core network and operations centre.

Over one thousand 3 employees from the network and IT functions will be transferred to Ericsson. Ericsson will benefit from one of the most experienced
3G technical teams in the world and the focus will be on developing and growing the roles that are transferring.
December 6, 2005
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Source: 3G Newsroom

Is this the reason WHY?
United Kingdom Created: 4 Dec 2005
Is this the reason WHY?
The British Government demands that UMTS systems be rolled out to 80% capacity before end of 2006.
All of a sudden the news are overflowing with microwave weapons to deter terrorists, pirates and “Crowds”.
Mobile phone records are to be kept for 2 years to catch terrorists who blabber on the phone.
The White House is to be shielded from microwave attack!

What is Happening??

Graphic presentation of the microwave structures of UMTS and Tetra telecommunications microwaves
And the Acoustic Sound Weapon microwaves are uncannily similar.
If you ask me they are exactly the same.
And, they work on the same frequencies.

So, will somebody ask the question in Parliament:
Is the Government installing a “Crowd Control” weapon rather than just a telecommunications system?
And is that the reason why the telecommunications companies get unlimited support from the Government, against the citizens, and are allowed to ride rough shod over the population, and totally disregard anyones Human Rights?

Just remember, that everyone who reports illness from UMTS & Tetra complains about sound/noise.
Which is an Acoustic Element.

Call to free up land for phone masts
United Kingdom Created: 1 Dec 2005
Call to free up land for phone masts

Members of Telford & Wrekin Council are demanding that the borough releases land for mobile phone masts to prevent them from being sited near homes,
schools and hospitals.

A comprehensive and up-to-date register of all phone mast sites could also be made available to the public, if a motion due to be put forward at next
week’s council meeting gets the support of councillors.

The motion is being proposed by Councillor Arnold England, and also calls for the council and the borough’s MPs to lobby the government to give local
authorities more power over where phone masts are built.

Councillor England says a forum should be created to liaise with the mobile phone companies and consider developments on health issues.

Telford anti-phone mast campaigner, Bev Walker, said that she hoped the council would support the proposal.
Source: Shropshire Star 23.11.05

Villagers in phone mast fury
United Kingdom Created: 1 Dec 2005
Villagers in phone mast fury

Crowds of villagers who protested against a mobile phone mast near their homes in Sheriff Hutton have vowed to continue fighting until it has gone.
More than 130 residents showed up at the weekend with placards and signs to express their anger at phone company Orange for erecting the 15- metre
high mast in Dasket Hill without prior warning.
And they have held Ryedale District Council (RDC) to account too, for administrative errors which allowed the mast to be built.
At a meeting on Monday, the Sheriff Hutton Protest Group demanded answers from Gary Housden, RDC's development control manager.
Apologising, he said that a letter sent by RDC to the parish council in January, informing it of the mast application and asking for a response, failed to arrive.
When RDC got in touch to ask why the response was taking so long, this failure came to light and a second letter was issued.

The parish council responded promptly to say it was opposed to the mast, but the delay had brought the decision "perilously close" to its 56-day deadline for lodging an objection by law.
Then, due to an error in the way the council's computer was programmed, the expiry date of the application notice was incorrectly calculated by a day,
meaning that RDC was one day late in issuing a response to Orange's request. "It sticks in my throat that this has happened, but it has happened," said Mr Housden. "There were two mistakes from an administrative point of view. One mistake we could have lived with, but it took it to the wire and went over by
a day, but that is not representative of the development control work of this council."
He is now taking legal advice as to whether the council has any enforcement power over Orange thanks to two technicalities.

The first is that Orange did not place notification of plans on the site, as is its responsibility, and the second is that the plans said the mast would be a
moss green colour, and it is currently galvanized steel.
If it has no power, the council will approach Orange to discuss moving the mast, possibly even offering a financial incentive.
But the meeting heard that North Yorkshire County Council's highways authority had already been in touch with Orange to offer another grass verge
away from the village, and it declined. The highways authority has to let it build on verges, like other service providers such as gas and electric companies.
Penny Bean, chairman of the parish council, said there were landowners willing to accommodate the mast, adding: "But then Orange would have to pay rent."
Now residents are looking further afield for support in lobbying Orange to remove the mast.
They are planning to write to the chief executive of the company until they get a response.
Ryedale's MP, John Greenway, has also promised to write to the company
He said: "I've come to the conclusion, having been given all the facts, that that the district and county councils should ask Orange to move it and I'm
prepared to support them by writing to Orange direct myself.
"Given the real hostility, I think the responsible thing for Orange to do now would be to agree for the mast to be moved."

After the meeting, a member of the protest group, Linda Murphy, who lives 85 metres away from the mast in Cornborough Road, said:
"We've decided that we really need to take the fight to Orange because we really don't have very much faith that the council can do much for us.
``By consensus, we really want to name and shame Orange and we are going to hold further meetings about how to go about that."
Orange spokesperson Duncan McGraw said: "As far as Orange is concerned, we've not had contact (about suggestions of where to move the mast)
either from the council or residents, but we would look at any suggestion by the public and council and assess them on their merits."
Source: by Claire MetcalfeRyedale Gazette and Herald Yorkshire

Phone mast victory
United Kingdom Created: 1 Dec 2005
Phone mast victory

Residents are celebrating last week's unanimous decision by councillors to reject an application to erect a phone mast in Grange Park.

A demonstration this month by 250 residents, supported by Enfield Southgate MP David Burrowes, opposed proposals by phone company Orange to site
the mast in Cranleigh Gardens.

Following a recommendation by Enfield Council's planning officer to approve the application, the Grange Park residents took their fight to the planning
committee meeting last Tuesday.

A restrained protest was held outside the Civic Centre before around 70 people observed councillors debate the proposal.

Authorities are not obliged under Government guidelines to take health concerns into consideration as long as emissions from proposed masts meet international guidelines.

Residents enjoyed strong support in the Civic Centre with Cllr Terry Neville, Cllr Pamela Adams and Cllr Martin Prescott objecting to the mast on environmental grounds.

Orange declined to send a representative to the meeting leaving the floor free for Grange Park resident Anthony Fogg to speak for five minutes on the protestors' behalf.

Councillors voted unanimously to reject the application.

A council spokeswoman said: "The reason for turning down this application is that the siting of the proposed mast would not only add to the existing street furniture clutter, but would also be detrimental to the visual look of the locality."

David Law, chairman of Grange Park Mast Action 05, said: "We are absolutely delighted with the result. The fact there was a unanimous vote in our favour is a clear vindication of the justness of our cause.

"We are aware that the case could go to appeal, but with such a resounding victory, the spirit and will of the community is now stronger than ever."
Source: By Kate Southern this is Local London 25.11.05

Mast threat to get worse
United Kingdom Created: 1 Dec 2005
Mast threat to get worse

CAMPAIGNERS fighting against T-Mobile's plans to erect a mobile phone mast just 200 yards from Aldersbrook Primary School in Wanstead are today facing proposals for a further three masts Up to 14 new phone masts could go up in Wanstead and Woodford, including nine in the Wanstead area, according to new plans tabled by mobile giants T-Mobile, O2, Orange, Vodafone and H3G.

The annual roll-out plan is a list of existing sites, sites where masts have been granted permission but not yet built and proposed new sites.

It shows that at the moment, Wanstead and Snaresbrook have 15 masts. Another two have been granted permission and nine more are proposed.

Among the masts granted approval is the T-Mobile site in Aldersbrook Road, just 200 yards from Aldersbrook Primary School, which campaigner Elizabeth Canavan and her supporters have been fighting against.

The new list deals Mrs Canavan's campaign a blow as Vodafone, O2 and Orange are all proposing news masts in Aldersbrook Road.

Mrs Canavan said she was dismayed but determined to continue the fight after hearing the news.

She said: "I did not know about the Vodafone or O2 proposals, so now there are potentially four masts on that stretch."

Mrs Canavan said the decision by the Planning Inspectorate to allow the T-Mobile mast - against Redbridge Council's wishes - has set a precedent and encouraged the other companies.

She said: "We really want to open a dialogue with the council and the Corporation of London (which owns Wanstead Flats).

"We want to speak to these companies and get a proper solution.

"What we're calling for is a sensible precautionary approach.

"We're not accepting this risk to our children and community. This is not precautionary, they're flying in the face of precaution."

Elsewhere, Woodford Green has ten masts with another five sites which have been granted permission and no new proposals, while in South Woodford there are nine masts with one site having been given permission and no new proposals.

Mrs Canavan said that if a proliferation of masts was allowed then more and more campaign groups would spring up around the area.

Proposed mast sites included in the list are: l T-Mobile Meadow Walk, Snaresbrook; Saxonby House, High Street, Wanstead; l Vodafone Next to Bowling Green Aldersbrook Road, Wanstead; Gordon Road, Snaresbrook l Orange Blake Hall Road, Wanstead; Aldersbrook Road, Wanstead; Wanstead Tube station l O2 Bowls Club, Aldersbrook Road, Wanstead; Courtney Hotel, Aldersbrook Road, Wanstead l HG3 no new proposed sites in Wanstead or Woodford The full list of all Redbridge sites is available on the Redbridge Council website, where the introduction states: "These sites will still have to be submitted for consideration by the council, either as prior approval sites or as a planning application."
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Source: By Pete Henshaw This is Local London. 27th November 2005

3G has not taken off after 5 years and people are content with their 2G voice/text phones
United Kingdom Created: 1 Dec 2005
02 in the Lincolnshire Echo

O2 have applied for permission to erect a 15m monopole on the site.
These are designed to be less visually intrusive than other types of phone mast because they are thinner.
An O2 spokesman said the mast would be safe.
"Our mobile phones and base stations are designed to operate within international exposure guidelines on radio wave emissions.
"These guidelines include a substantial safety margin to assure the protection of everyone, regardless of age and health.
"Measurements by regulators in Britain and Germany show our masts and base stations operate well below these guidelines, often by hundreds or thousands of times."
Lincoln City Council can object to the mast application only on grounds of appearance.

The current 'guidelines' used by operators only base health effects on thermal heating (amount tissue is heated), they do not take into account non-thermal effects, and it is these that scientists across the world (including the UK governments own) claim can cause adverse health effects after long-term exposure, especially to the frail and children.
It certainly isn't scaremongering, the head of the radiological protection board advised mobile operators to consult with schools, even though guidelines were
met, why? because there is a risk with long-term exposure to the new technology. The reason new phone masts are now being brought into urban areas is
to implement a new 3G system to enable users to connect to the internet and download video/music.
3G has not taken off after 5 years and people are content with their 2G voice/text phones, but the operators have been given a deadline (2007) to rollout the 3G network or pay a penalty. So this is the real reason we are seeing so many more applications for phone masts. Very few want the 3G service since it cannot meet the download speeds as first thought and a change in technology is needed. Until scientists know one way or another we should not allow corporate greed to override public health concerns from a product that was born out of greed and not need.Until then, we should all adopt a precautionary approach and ensure these masts are placed well away from residential areas and schools.
Mr. Galloway, Pendle
Source: 29.11 05 Mr. Galloway, Pendle

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