5th Nov 2014 06:55
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK government plans to oblige mobile operators to improve their coverage, possibly by sharing rivals' networks, although a series of talks held with the operators has so far failed to find a solution, the BBC reports Wednesday.
Partial 'notspots', where there is coverage from some but not all of the mobile networks, affected a fifth of the UK, leaving people unable to make calls or send texts, the BBC quotes the government as saying. One possible solution would see people transferred to rival networks when they lose signal, it added.
The BBC cites a report compiled by OpenSignal, a company that crowd sources phone signal strength, which showed that Three had the best 3G coverage and Vodafone PLC the worst, but Vodafone offered the fastest 4G speeds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29897202
By Steve McGrath; [email protected]; @stevemcgrath1
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