{"id":9396,"date":"2015-06-05T07:57:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T06:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=9396"},"modified":"2015-06-05T08:04:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T07:04:22","slug":"vodafone-improves-uk-rural-mobile-coverage-by-hiding-kit-in-bird-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/06\/vodafone-improves-uk-rural-mobile-coverage-by-hiding-kit-in-bird-boxes.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone Improves UK Rural Mobile Coverage by Hiding Kit in Bird Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you expand rural mobile network coverage (2G, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\">3G<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a>) without causing annoyance to locals or triggering unfounded fears of brain melting radiation? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>&#8217;s answer is simple, hide everything inside an otherwise unassuming bird box.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Admittedly nesting birds might not be too happy when they check out the entrance hole only to find a rather unsuitable home inside, but that&#8217;s beside the point. Most of the time mobile operators can improve rural coverage simply by installing a large new mast, but in some areas (e.g. National Parks) this often isn&#8217;t feasible due to access and planning restrictions or opposition from unhappy locals.<\/p>\n<p>The fix for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> was to work with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netcs.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">NET Coverage Solutions<\/a> (NETCS), which is a firm that specialises in developing In-Building DAS and Small Cell technologies. NETCS came up with the approach of hiding a new type of <strong>mini-antenna<\/strong> inside a fake bird box, which acts as a &#8220;<em>supercharged signal booster<\/em>&#8221; that picks up the operators signal from the nearest mast and boosts it to improve coverage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Pedro Santos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> UK&#8217;s Lead Network Engineer, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The Vodafone bird box is working well and no birds have been sufficiently fooled to try to get into it, although the customer says it looks very convincing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We take great care about the visual impact our systems have on the beautiful country side. A standard external mobile antenna can look out of place situated on or near a rural cottage so we are always looking at clever ways to ensure they blend into the surroundings<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The news comes shortly after Vodafone announced that their on-going work to improve coverage through the Government\u2019s <strong>Mobile Infrastructure Project<\/strong> (MIP) has resulted in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> capable mast being built in <strong>Portesham<\/strong> (Dorset, England).<\/p>\n<p>The MIP was setup to extend mobile phone coverage to areas where no service is currently available, although its slow progress hasn&#8217;t gone unnoticed (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/12\/gbp150m-uk-mobile-infrastructure-upgrade-project-makes-slow-progress.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). Meanwhile the Government are also pushing mobile operators to further improve geographic coverage through a new \u00a35bn agreement (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/12\/uk-mobile-operators-agree-5bn-deal-extend-geographic-coverage-90.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), although this isn&#8217;t without its own challenges (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/03\/another-blow-for-the-uk-govs-mobile-coverage-plans-no-tall-masts.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime we&#8217;d expect to see more of Vodafone&#8217;s bid boxes popping up in rural areas, although we&#8217;re not sure how they&#8217;re being powered. <del>Now we can all be melted by radiation and without needing to know where it&#8217;s coming from<\/del>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s predicted that Vodafone&#8217;s next step could be to miniaturise the antennas even further so that they can be carried on the backs of local starlings, thus producing a mesh network and improving mobile coverage for all. Excellent..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you expand rural mobile network coverage (2G, 3G and 4G) without causing annoyance to locals or triggering unfounded fears of brain melting radiation? 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