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Mobile Phone Masts To Face Public Consultation
News Local people 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 -- to the planning rules which govern the erection of mobile phone masts -- are a response to...
[March 20, 2001, 6:10]
Orange And Vodafone Team Up On Mobile Masts
News Orange and Vodafone said the deal to share 2G and 3G mobile masts in the UK, which will start to be implemented this year, will see more customers benefit from better quality mobile coverage. Mobile operators Orange and Vodafone have agreed to...
[February 21, 2008, 8:24]
News Roundup: Health Fears Over Mobile Masts
News Concern that mobile phones and masts pose a threat to public health is growing, despite there being no definite proof that either phones or masts are actually harmful. Now, Kent County Council has decided it will refuse to allow mobile network...
[January 26, 2001, 16:48]
More Tests For School Mobile Masts
News Mobile phone masts sited on or near schools will continue to be monitored for safety reasons, even though a recent study found no evidence that emission limits were being broken. Douglas Alexander, the e-commerce minister, announced on Monday that...
[March 4, 2002, 12:55]
News Burst: Orange Facing Court Action Over Mobile Masts
News Mobile phone network operator Orange is being taken to court by Stockport Council in an attempt to make it remove two mobile masts from schools in Manchester. Orange insists the masts, which it claims are essential for maintaining service levels...
[February 1, 2001, 9:30]
Kent Council Bans Mobile Masts
News Kent County Council (KCC) Monday called upon mobile phone companies to stop hiding from the 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...
[January 22, 2001, 15:53]
Orange Heads To Court Over Mobile Masts
News Mobile network operator Orange announced Friday it would fight a court case that could force it to remove mobile phone masts from two Stockport schools. From the number of phone calls and letters we've received, the council knows that parents...
[February 2, 2001, 14:06]
Kent County Council To Ban Mobile Masts
News Kent County Council is expected to issue a ban Monday on the erection of mobile phone masts. There are very real fears in Kent about the safely of mobile phone masts, backed up by the precautionary recommendations of the Stewart Report," he explained.
[January 18, 2001, 10:44]
News Burst: Tories Call For National Ban On Mobile Masts
News The Conservative Party has called for all the UK's local authorities to ban the installation of mobile phone masts on council land. In a letter sent to Conservative group leaders, shadow environment secretary Archie Norman urged that planning...
[January 31, 2001, 10:33]
All Clear For UK Mobile Masts
News For the second year running, the UK's mobile phone masts have been given a clean bill of health. A total of 109 mobile phone masts were tested by the Radiocommunications Agency (RA) during 2002, of which 82 were sited on schools and 27 on hospitals.
[February 18, 2003, 16:35]
Operators Want Fewer New Mobile Masts
News The ongoing deployment of mobile base stations — or, as they are more commonly referred to, masts — has already become an uncertain issue, as several operators have recently drawn up network-sharing agreements to increase coverage and drive down...
[March 6, 2008, 14:38]
Mobile Phone Masts To Face Public Consultation
Talkback I am representing WARM, Whitton Against Radiation Masts, and we are protesting against the erection of 3 new 3G masts on a site at the end of our children's school play ground. There are already a staggering 24 antennae on this telephone exchange...
[November 28, 2003, 10:49]
Full Marks For School Mobile Phone Masts
News Although the RA's work doesn't guarantee that mobile phone masts are universally safe, the results are good news for the UK's mobile industry as it tries to build thousands of new mobile phone masts to support the forthcoming 3G networks.
[January 4, 2002, 13:19]
Bishops Call For Mobile Mast Ban
News Catholic bishops have called for mobile phone masts to be banned from church buildings in Italy. The Italian Bishops' Conference announced on Sunday that mobile phone masts should be removed. Many churches in Italy -- as in the UK -- are paid by...
[March 5, 2001, 14:54]
Mobile Phone Campaigners Welcome Court Ruling
News Campaigners fighting against the erection of mobile phone masts in north London are celebrating a high court ruling that they hope could mean that applications for new masts can be rejected because of health concerns.
[June 28, 2002, 17:20]
Government Attacked Over Mobile Mast Rules
News The UK government has been accused of giving in to the mobile phone companies after warning local councils against imposing restrictions on the siting of new phone masts. Under the latest planning rules, councils have been told that they should not...
[August 24, 2001, 13:35]
News Burst: Mobile Mast Ban Expected Monday
News Kent County Council is expected on Monday to agree a complete ban on mobile phone masts on its land. There are very real fears in Kent about the safety of mobile phone masts, backed up by the precautionary recommendations of the Stewart Report," he...
[January 22, 2001, 10:20]
3G Rollout Threatened By Mast Protests
News The rollout of third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks in the UK may be hampered by public protests against mobile masts, as Parliament considers a proposal that could make it harder for operators to get planning permission for 3G base stations.
[April 19, 2002, 17:33]
Council To Take Mobile Phone Firms To Court
News West Lothian council is calling on other Scottish councils to support it in a legal fight to get six mobile phone masts removed from its land. The contracts on these six masts -- four of which belong to Orange and two to Vodafone -- have either...
[May 16, 2001, 14:02]
'Cancer Link' Mobile Mast Testing Begins
News Experts from the National Radiological Protection Board are conducting tests around two mobile phone masts in London on Thursday, following concerns that the transmitters may be responsible for a cluster of cancer cases in the area.
[February 28, 2002, 14:17]
