Virgin Media has announced plans to use small mobile masts in order to boost 4G service in the UK’s towns and cities.
The ‘small cell’ technology will be placed in existing structures like lampposts and CCTV cameras and help out when buildings get in the way of good coverage.
Masts will be put up in 400,000 of these street assets in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford and Southampton and other yet-to-be-named cities.
The mini-masts are yet to be designed, but the two companies will work together on providing the end-to-end solutions.
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Virgin Media Business’ Duncan Higgins said: “Small cell technology is a key way of tackling network capacity in built-up areas for mobile operators. Increasingly people are using their mobile devices to download and stream videos; that’s why services like this are so important. By providing more capacity in city centres where we already have a large-scale fibre presence, we are able to provide a great service.”
The scheme is similar to one being utilised by EE in order to boost its offerings in rural areas.
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