UK mobile players shun call for tighter rollout governance

Richard Agnew2026-10-27T17:17:00

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Rural cell site landlords are calling for stronger oversight of how mobile infrastructure operators do business with their land suppliers, amid claims of unfair treatment. Sector players insist existing regulation is working well, however.

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Themes: Electronic Communications Code (ECC); Infrastructure regulation; Land access; Mobile infrastructure; Mobile network rollout; Rural connectivity; Site acquisition; Tower infrastructure.
People: Anna Gardiner; George Robinson; Jonathan Freeman; Lorna Scott; Simon Miller.
Geographic: Scotland; UK.
Organisations: APWireless; Cellnex UK; Cornerstone; MBNL; Mobile Infrastructure Forum; Mobile UK; National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFU Scotland); Radius Global Infrastructure; Scottish Land & Estates (SLE); Virgin Media O2; VodafoneThree; Wireless Infrastructure Group.

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