100ft phone masts could be built in national parks and beauty spots
Plus, read Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden as he makes the case that easing of restrictions will help bring rural areas out of dark ages
20 April 2021 • 6:00am
Masts of up to 30 metres (98ft) could be built under new rules to boost 4G and 5G mobile signal coverage in rural communities
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One hundred foot phone masts are to be given the green light across Britain as the Government unveils plans to relax restrictions in national parks and beauty spots.
Mobile companies will be allowed to erect new masts of up to 30 metres (98ft) in most areas and up to 25 metres (82ft) high in protected areas under new rules to boost 4G and 5G mobile signal coverage in rural communities.
Small suppliers must be part of 5G network after Huawei, ministers told
A taskforce led by former BT boss Lord Livingston wants the UK and its allies to set new telecoms standards to challenge China
13 April 2021 • 9:57am
Smaller telecoms suppliers must form a key plank of the UK s 5G mobile phone network once equipment from Huawei is removed, ministers will be told.
A taskforce headed by Lord Livingston, the former BT boss, will recommend that smaller equipment manufacturers make up a quarter of the equipment used in 5G networks.
A report by the panel will call for Britain and its Western allies to join forces to forge new standards for mobile technology in response to China s market-leading position, the
HSBC to give Princess of Huawei key documents to help fight extradition
Huawei s chief financial office Meng Wanzhou hopes will help prevent her extradition to the U.S.
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou
HSBC has struck a deal with Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou over producing bank records that are expected to be significant in helping her fight extradition to the US.
Ms Meng, known as the Princess of Huawei , is currently under house arrest in Canada, facing extradition to the US over allegations that she committed bank fraud by misleading HSBC over links between Chinese telecom giant Huawei and Skycom.
Question Time production company saved by rescue deal
Sport-focused Tinopolis came under pressure from the pandemic-induced shutdown of the TV production sector last year
A pre-lockdown edition of BBC One s Question Time produced in Liverpool
One of the UK s biggest TV production companies behind
Question Time and Premier League coverage on BT Sport and Amazon has won a rescue deal saving 650 jobs after being battered by the pandemic.
Tinopolis was on the brink of running out of cash as it grappled with the production sector s widespread shutdown due to Covid.
The company that also produces Crufts coverage for Channel 4 has now agreed terms with lenders that will inject fresh capital into the business, but wipe out more than £100m in loans owed to executives and former managers.