Fascinating new photo book reveals how America’s cell phone masts are being cleverly disguised as fake palm trees, phoney cacti and even bogus church crosses The mesmerising images can be found in book Fauxliage, by photographer Annette LeMay Burke She writes that some of the disguises are so obviously fake that they actually draw attention … Read more
End of mobile phone blindspots… but masts will be 16 FOOT taller: Minister says proposals to let telecom firms expand the size of masts would ‘propel villages and towns out of the digital dark ages’ New Government plans aim to build larger mobile phone masts in rural areas It is hoped the new masts would … Read more
Landowners accuse ‘bullying’ telecoms firms of using loophole to slash rent paid for phone masts – with one saying he was offered £250 rent by EE instead of the usual £6,000 for space at a rugby club Phone giants such as EE, Vodafone and 02 are reducing rents for phone masts Aylesbury Rugby Football Club … Read more
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
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
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