Field's private member's bill comes at a time when network operators are putting in planning applications for the extra masts they will need to run 3G networks, and this explosion of applications has been met with protests in some parts of Britain. Hutchison 3G, a newcomer to the UK's mobile market, is reported to have met opposition to its plans to install a 3G base station in Bexley Village. Local residents object to the plan, partly because the telephone exchange that Hutchison 3G wants to put its equipment on already holds two other base stations already -- belonging to Orange and O2 (formerly BT Cellnet). Local residents are expected to urge Bexley's planning control committee to reject the plan. A Hutchison 3G spokesman told ZDNet UK News that the mobile firm was keen to consult with local communities when deciding where to position new masts. He also said that Hutchison 3G was committed to a policy of sharing sites with other mobile operators where possible. "Members of the public do have concerns, and we always want to hear and address them. That's why we have eight people on our staff who are dedicated to working with and consulting local councils," explained the spokesman. Analysts expect that up to 35,000 new masts will be needed for 3G so Field's bill, if enacted, could impede the efforts of mobile firms to roll out their 3G networks across Britain. According to Hutchison 3G, their rollout plans aren't being hampered yet. "In general terms our rollout, both in terms of shared and new sites, is running on target," said the Hutchison 3G spokesman.
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me and my wife have today lost the sale of our home,because the buyer had the searches back and revealed that there was a mobile phone transister on the mast.
Her solicitors advised her not to think twice about buying the property and she did.
I have just changed my job to the area we had bought our new property and were hoping to sign the contracts next week.we are absolutely devestated by this outcome.
If there is no problem with the masts why do solicitors advise people not to buya home near a mast.
The government make me sick for allowing these mobile people to allow this, and ruin british tax paying family's lives.my wife is not well and is in and out of hospital and this is the last thing she and i both needed.
The thing that angers me the most is we are powerless to do anything about it.