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Government plans £150m mobile coverage boost

The government is to invest £150 million in new mobile phone masts, in a bid to have mobile phone coverage reach 99 percent... Read more

4 October, 2011

Vodafone to use femtocells to boost rural 3G

...of the price" of using the modules that normally sit on mobile phone masts, a Vodafone spokesman told ZDNet UK. Vodafone has offered Sure Signal... Read more

3 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

O2 trumpets success with 4G trial in Slough

...O2 has said the phone masts in its 4G trial in Slough are able to handle the... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Rich Trenholm

RIM adds non-GPS location service to BlackBerry Locate

...service pinpoints a handset's whereabouts by triangulating the signal between mobile phone masts, providing a far quicker lock on a user's location than... Read more

20 July, 2010
London Travel Alarm 1.1

London Travel Alarm 1.1

...afraid you cannot get a GPS signal below ground as GPS uses phone masts and satellites.)* Points of Interest - perfect for tourists afraid 400+ of... Read more

20 July, 2011
Rainwatch for Android 1.2.3

Rainwatch for Android 1.2.3

...you open the application it will detect your rough location using nearby phone masts and WiFi networks, then display the closest region Read more

17 March, 2011

All clear for UK mobile masts

For the second year running, the UK's mobile phone masts have been given a clean bill of health. The government announced... Read more

18 February, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Kent council bans mobile masts

...public and start addressing concerns over the possible health effects of mobile phone masts. The comments came after the council agreed a policy of refusing... Read more

22 January, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Home base stations developed

Netgear will incorporate mini GSM base stations into its home gateway router, bringing enhanced 3G coverage into homes and small businesses Read more

27 June, 2007 by David Meyer

Full marks for school mobile phone masts

...health risk. Although the RA's work doesn't guarantee that mobile phone masts are universally safe, the results are good news for the UK... Read more

4 January, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Mobile phone masts to face public consultation

...will be given a greater say in the siting of all mobile phone masts, under changes to the planning system announced last Friday. The changes... Read more

20 March, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

More phone masts needed? The government investigates

...the health impact of using mobile phones and living close to mobile phone masts. The Mobile Operators Association (MOA) said in a statement to silicon... Read more

5 April, 2005 by Steve Ranger

Mobile phone masts 'found' in petrol station forecourts

...how much the operators Shell-ed out for that...? Hundreds of mobile phone masts have been secretly installed in petrol station forecourts throughout the country... Read more

8 October, 2002 by Graham Hayday

Mobile phone masts blamed for missing pigeons

...twice as many pigeons had failed to return home since three mobile phone masts had been installed in his vicinity. Armstrong told the Press Association... Read more

8 February, 2002 by Joey Gardiner

Official: mobile phone masts won't fry your child's brain

...found no evidence that dangerously high radiation levels are emitted by mobile phone masts and base stations. The Radio Communications Agency is half way through... Read more

13 August, 2001 by Graham Hayday

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