| Heading: |
Mobile Phones: Rural Areas |
| Question ID: |
1788635 |
| UIN: |
HL6148 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
186 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Smith of Finsbury
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Lord Smith of Finsbury
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the potential for emergency use of satellite communication in remote areas of the UK which are currently without any normal mobile coverage. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-08 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
Satellite connectivity can complement the coverage provided by terrestrial mobile networks by providing connectivity, for example, in remote areas beyond their reach. The mobile operators have already used satellite services to provide backhaul to some Sh... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |