Telecommunications: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 21936 · Tabled 3 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of attaching emergency batteries for mobile phones to telephone masts in rural areas.
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 13 Jan 2025
Communications providers have a statutory responsibility to take measures to identify, prepare for and reduce anything that compromises the availability, performance or functionality of their networks and services. Some mobile phone masts have battery bac...