I’m off to see Tom Watson MP, the UK Minister for Digital Engagement, at a reception this evening. An invitation appeared in the post the other day so I RSVP’ed and set my mind open and to neutral. I wonder what the Government is doing about Digital Engagement – I shall soon hopefully find out.
The home of the Scottish parliament, the Holyrood building, is planning to spend up to £50,000 to boost indoor mobile phone reception, according to the The Scotsman. The paper says Scots MPs have been uphappy with reception since the building opened several years ago.
The parliament uses Vodafone as its network supplier, but apparently its the building itself rather than the operator that’s to blame for the weak signal. Work on improving coverage started this week, says The Scotsman, with a system of pico cells being used to increase mobile reception.
For £50,000, you’d hope the MPs are using some pretty critical applications on their mobiles.
