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Mobile Mast Attacks Raise Vigilante Concerns
News The destruction of a mobile phone mast in the West Midlands has led to concern that campaigners against mobile phone base stations are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, and could hamper the rollout of third-generation (3G) mobile...
[December 1, 2003, 12:00]
Mobile Mast Destroyed Over Cancer Fears
News A 150-foot high mobile phone mast was attacked last weekend by local residents who believe the mast has caused several cases of cancer in the area. As well as being used by five mobile phone operators, the mast also provided radio communications...
[December 17, 2002, 12:42]
Mobile Mast Attacks Raise Vigilante Concerns
Talkback How many of these mobile mast campaigners own mobile phones? It is a bit hypocritical of them to damage mobile phone masts when they use the very phones that they are campaigning against! It is yet another case of the NIMBY syndrome (Not In My Back...
[December 1, 2003, 12:38]
Mobile Phone Mast Blamed For Vanishing Pigeons
News A mobile phone mast is being blamed for the disappearance of over 50 racing pigeons. Monday's edition of The Times reports that pigeon fancier David Blain has lost two-thirds of his birds since the mast was build next to his farm.
[September 3, 2001, 15:48]
News Burst: Mobile Mast Ban Expected Monday
News The council's stance is part of a wider plan aimed to protect residents from the potentially harmful effects of mobile phone radiation -- including a policy of refusing any application from a mobile phone company to "erect a mast on land or...
[January 22, 2001, 10:20]
Mobile Mast Attacks Raise Vigilante Concerns
Talkback The locals brought in equipment to check for hazardous rays or something and before the could complain the mast was moved….hmm. I believe her, I saw her arms and Yes I have a mobile (who doesn’t) but I am dead against mobile masts if they do this.
[December 1, 2003, 13:32]
Experts To Examine Mobile Mast Link To Cancer Cases
News Its Sitefinder Internet utility -- a record of every mobile phone mast in the UK -- lists one Orange mast and one One2One mast. A London council is spending thousands of pounds on scientific tests in an attempt to see whether mobile phone masts...
[February 15, 2002, 15:29]
Mobile Phone Mast Attacked
News A second mobile phone mast has been destroyed in Northern Ireland, and this time terrorists have been implicated in the violence. The mast was in the process of being constructed but had been the focus of local protests in recent months, due to...
[January 3, 2003, 15:18]
Orange Backs Down Over Mobile Phone Mast
News In possibly the first case of its kind, Orange has agreed to remove an existing mobile phone mast Orange has backed down in its fight against Stockport Council and agreed to remove a mobile phone mast from the roof of a school by this summer.
[May 10, 2001, 16:48]
'Cancer Link' Mobile Mast Testing Begins
News Its Sitefinder Internet utility -- a record of every mobile phone mast in the UK -- lists one Orange mast and one One2One mast. Experts from the National Radiological Protection Board are conducting tests around two mobile phone masts in London on...
[February 28, 2002, 14:17]
Government Attacked Over Mobile Mast Rules
News They are thought to be concerned that more severe planning rules could make it harder for them to build successful 3G mobile networks -- a process that will require the erection of many tens of thousands of new masts -- even with mast sharing.
[August 24, 2001, 13:35]
Hospital Mobile Mast Plan Sparks Row
News Last year's Stewart Report recommended that exclusion zones were established around all mobile mast sites, and urged the government to change the law so that planning permission is required for all mobile masts.
[January 26, 2001, 10:30]
Bishops Call For Mobile Mast Ban
News However, this circular will not necessarily mean that every mobile mast attached to a church in Italy must be removed. She also explained that, in some circumstances, allowing a mobile mast to be erected on a religious building could be a positive...
[March 5, 2001, 14:54]
Mobile Mast Attacks Raise Vigilante Concerns
Talkback The goverment must research into no radiating masts and phones rather than 101 ways to get our money! Its either that or we force them to do it!
[February 9, 2005, 11:32]
Mobile Mast Attacks Raise Vigilante Concerns
Talkback I work for a company who specialise in building and rigging mobile phone masts.Although many of the sites that we rig are not powered up we do have the odd occasion where we rig on shared sites.These sites are fully operational whilst we are...
[February 8, 2005, 19:47]
Mobile Mast Attacks Raise Vigilante Concerns
Talkback The government should pass a law to force any network supplier who puts up a mast to sublet space on the mast to other networks at a reasonable set price. Then we won't have the ridiculous situation where each company puts up it's own masts.
[December 2, 2003, 10:44]
Mobile Mast Attacks Raise Vigilante Concerns
Talkback A person with scars or lumps on their arms may well believe that they are caused by mobile phones, secret government research or demonic activity. Whilst I believe that we need to continue conducting research into the risks of technology, it's hard...
[December 2, 2003, 9:55]
Mobile Mast Attacks Raise Vigilante Concerns
Talkback Mobile 'phone companies only care about profits. The government are a bunch of whores, bought and paid for by the big networks. The "cancer masts" must be taken down - and direct action is the only way.
[February 7, 2005, 19:39]
'Cancer Link' Mobile Mast Testing Begins
Talkback I am a local Councilor, who at the moment have grave concerns about a cluster of cancers, which has occured in Merry Hurst Road, In Wednesbury, West Midlands, the residents are calling a meeting next week as there is an orange mast, round the...
[January 17, 2004, 20:01]
Requests Swamp Mobile Mast Safety Test Registration
News Hundreds of schools and hospitals have asked the Radiocommunications Agency (RA) to test whether mobile phone masts located on their premises are breaking safety guidelines. As ZDNet UK reported earlier this year, the RA is conducting an audit...
[July 26, 2002, 6:27]
