Dear Mr Rowell
Thank you for your email concerning our proposed mobile phone base station at Lowery Hill Road, Kingmoor. You wrote to our agent, Mr Jodie Kane of WFS Telecom. Your email has been passed to the Cornerstone Team to respond.
Firstly, may I say, we are committed to investing to ensure that O2 and Vodafone customers who live and work in Kingmoor can benefit from a mobile phone network they can rely upon. Our agent has made a detailed analysis of the area and found this to be the most suitable site for current and future coverage and capacity whilst blending with the streetscape. Customers who use mobile data and smart phone handsets require good 3G mobile network coverage. As a slim-line column our equipment will blend with other street furniture items, such as lighting columns.
Answers to your specific questions are given below.
Mobile phones have become an essential part of everyday life for the vast majority of people in the UK. O2 and Vodafone’s network development is largely determined by consumer demand. Customers wish to be able to use their phones wherever they are and we understand that this demand must be met with a responsible approach to network development. As you may appreciate, it can at times be difficult to balance the needs of our customers with the views of residents, who often own mobile phones but do not want to have masts located in their communities.
We recognise there are concerns from some members of the public about the safety of mobile phones and masts. However, the World Health Organization and most scientists agree that there is no evidence to suggest a link between mobile phones or masts and ill health. It is also our policy to be fully compliant with the detail and the spirit of the Code of Best Practice on Mobile Phone Network Development. Equally, masts are essential infrastructure and we have a duty to meet the needs of the silent majority who want to use their mobile phones and accept that mobile phones require mobile phone masts.
Attached are three documents, one on how mobile phones work, the second contains information on health-related issues and the third is from the World Health Organisation, for your information.
Further information can be found on the following websites:
Thank you once again for your email. Should you would wish to discuss our proposal further please contact either myself or our Regional Communications Manager, Tom Powell on 07980 868 001 (tom.powell@cornerstonemobile.net).
Regards
Kevin Hull
EMF Enquiries - Member of the Cornerstone Team and
Employee of Telefónica O2 UK Ltd
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Network Infrastructure Share O2 & Vodafone
O2 and Vodafone have formed a project called Cornerstone, whereby both operators share new and existing mobile phone base stations. This will allow an improvement in network coverage for customers, whilst minimising the number of new sites required. Our focus, at present, is on improving network coverage to cities, large towns, and other urban areas.
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