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Importance of Rural Digital Champions
09.05.2022

Importance of Rural Digital Champions

Research suggests that local authorities that have prioritised digital connectivity and appointed Digital Champions, have had significant success in speeding up rollout and improving relationships with telecommunications companies. Mobile UK, the trade association for the UK’s mobile network...

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New Rules and Taller Masts to Boost 5G Mobile in Rural England
14.03.2022

New Rules and Taller Masts to Boost 5G Mobile in Rural England

ISPreview reports that the Government has confirmed their intention to introduce a series of changes to Permitted Development (PD) rights for mobile infrastructure, which aims to help extend 5G and 4G coverage in rural areas of England This includes...

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Why power cuts left people unable to phone for help
20.12.2021

Why power cuts left people unable to phone for help

The BBC detail how power cuts caused by Storm Arwen have highlighted a potentially lethal problem in the home phone network's digital transformation. Traditional landlines are being phased out in favour of broadband-enabled phones reliant on electricity. The...

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EE to upgrade 4G in more than 2,000 rural UK areas by 2024
20.12.2021

EE to upgrade 4G in more than 2,000 rural UK areas by 2024

Computer Weekly reports UK mobile operator EE plans to upgrade its 4G infrastructure in more than 2,000 areas by June 2024 as part of the UK Government’s Shared Rural Network (SRN) initiative to extend coverage in rural areas EE...

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Vodafone is building self-powering phone masts to improve rural coverage
29.11.2021

Vodafone is building self-powering phone masts to improve rural coverage

Tech Radar reports that Vodafone’s self-powered phone masts will help the operator achieve net zero in the UK by 2027 and reduce the cost and complexity of deploying mobile infrastructure in the most remote parts of the UK Energy...

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End of the landline will hit rural communities hardest
23.08.2021

End of the landline will hit rural communities hardest

The Farmers Guardian reports that despite the announcement that from 2025 all households and businesses will need the internet to make calls, many countryside communities are still struggling for mobile phone reception or to reach internet speeds of one megabit...

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RSN praised for raising coverage of connectivity issues
12.07.2021

RSN praised for raising coverage of connectivity issues

The Rural Services Network has received a letter from the Minister for Digital Infrastructure Matt Warman MP, praising the organisation for its work sharing the Government Consultation on Improving Consultation for Very Hard to Reach Premises Rural Digital Connectivity...

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Shared Rural Network to boost coverage across the United Kingdom
05.07.2021

Shared Rural Network to boost coverage across the United Kingdom

People in rural Scotland, Wales and the North East of England will enjoy huge improvements in their mobile coverage thanks to the Shared Rural Network, a £1 billion mobile connectivity programme agreed between the country’s main mobile operators and the...

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UK to boost rural mobile connectivity
05.07.2021

UK to boost rural mobile connectivity

Telecommunication publications including Light Reading and Advanced Television report on news that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has published encouraging forecasts on how much it thinks rural 4G coverage will improve following completion of the Shared Rural Network...

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Early social science insight of Mobile Access North Yorkshire released
21.06.2021

Early social science insight of Mobile Access North Yorkshire released

Early social science insight has been released from Lancaster University Management School about Mobile Access North Yorkshire (MANY) – a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) 5G Testbed and Trial project The report:  Report. The importance of...

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