Street lights, bus shelters and traffic lights will host more mobile network equipment to help boost mobile coverage in parts of the North East as part of a new government scheme.
The Government has announced that eight projects will receive a share from the £4 million Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) to help improve mobile coverage in areas across England and Scotland.
Road signs and CCTV poles can be used to improve 4G coverage and they are also integral to the roll out of 5G, which requires a larger number of smaller ‘cell sites’ - where antennas and other telecoms equipment are placed to form a network - to ensure seamless coverage and to meet the demand for connectivity.
