Problem solved: Home antennas for cell phones legal from next summer
November 4, 2007
By Ken Worsley
This morsel was in this morning’s Nikkei:
The government plans to revise telecommunications regulations to allow cell phone users to install small ground stations at their homes, offices or stores by summer 2008 to improve signal reception.
The change will make it possible to use handsets in high-rise condominiums, underground facilities and mountainous areas — places that are often outside the range of cellular phone service.
You won’t need an engineer to show up and install the antenna (they’re being awfully careful not to use that word. I guess ‘ground station’ is somehow more marketable), which is the law right now. Just head on down to Bic Camera, buy yourself an antenna and set it up at home. Instant cell phone reception.
No word yet on when DIY service provider kits will be hitting the market…
Filed Under Econ Light, Technology, Telecom
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does it sounds like another attempt by service providers to protect themselves from providing good reception everywhere?
Or an attempt by the government to sidestep the fact that it threw its weight behind an unsatisfactory system. They’re doing it again with wireless Internet, perhaps.