04-10-2023 17:47 via telecoms.com

VMO2 calls in helicopters to plonk 4G towers on remote island

‘Get to the chopper!’ VMO2 engineers may have screamed as six new partial not-spot masts were deployed on the island of Islay in Scotland via helicopter.
The extra masts are there to add a greater choice of provider for the residents of Islay as well as obviously boost coverage there, which is apparently blighted by countless not-spots and areas of patchy signal.
Currently just 60% of Argyll and Bute, the region the island is in, has from 4G coverage from all four mobile network oper
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