Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 21936
Telecommunications: Rural Areas
Tabled: 3 January 2025
Answered: 13 January 2025
Question
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall
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
Chris BryantCommunications 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...
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