UK mobile operators to build and share 200 new masts

Three of the UK’s biggest mobile network operators have unveiled plans to build more than 200 new mobile masts to improve phone signal in rural areas.   As part of the government’s Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, announced last March, O2, Three and Vodafone will build and share the usage of 222 new masts across the UK.  … Read more

Government issues new 5G masts guide in bid to squash ‘quack theories’ that they spread coronavirus

Ministers have published a guide on 5G masts in a bid to dispel ‘quack’ theories that the new technology could harm people’s health. Conspiracy theories have emerged claiming that the 5G network, which will provide super-fast internet speeds while on the move once fully rolled out, was behind the coronavirus outbreak.  The theorists have claimed that … Read more

Mobile phone masts as high as Nelson’s Column will be allowed without full planning permission

Mobile phone masts as high as Nelson’s Column will be allowed without full planning permission to improve 5G signal To speed up 5G spread, masts can be put up without full planning permission  The phone masts could also be allowed to be the height of Nelson’s Column  However, there are fears that the masts could … Read more

BT chief’s outrage at mindless 5G vandals after 40 masts are ruined and staff receive death threats

The boss of BT has launched an extraordinary intervention after dozens of phone masts and engineers were attacked by ‘mindless idiots’ who think the coronavirus pandemic has been caused by the 5G internet signal. Philip Jansen, who is recovering after suffering mild symptoms of the virus, has written an impassioned plea to the public to … Read more