‘First step to better coverage in the Hebrides’ On Friday 20 May in Lewis, Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MP Angus MacNeil held a meeting with mobile phone companies and other agencies, to discuss the need to improve the mobile phone coverage in the Western Isles. Speaking after the meeting Angus MacNeil said: “For years we in the Hebrides have experienced poor mobile phone communications service. From my conversations I blame the flawed Ofcom model which is based on competition between companies rather than looking to adequately provide the country with good mobile phone coverage. The UK competition model is designed for London and the big cities. Time has proven that it does not work for us in the Islands and Highlands. “Faroese Telecom particularly exposed the flaws in the UK model, with their 50 3G masts and blanket 2G coverage for entire population of …
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MacNeil-for better isles mobile phone reception Scotland needs the power of the Faroe Islands and the Isle of Man