{"id":3597,"date":"2024-04-19T09:49:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2024-04-24T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:35:34","slug":"sir-john-whittingdale-mp-for-maldon-visits-new-4g-enabling-mobile-phone-mast-in-bradwell-on-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=3597","title":{"rendered":"Sir John Whittingdale, MP for Maldon, visits new 4G mobile phone mast in Bradwell-on-Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sir John Whittingdale, MP for Maldon visited Bradwell-on-Sea to see the newly installed mobile phone mast that has been installed by Cornerstone as part of the Government\u2019s Shared Rural Network programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u00a31 billion SRN programme is jointly funded by the Government and by the four UK mobile network operators and -aims to achieve 95 per cent 4G mobile coverage across the UK landmass by December 2025. At present, there is limited 2G coverage and no 4G coverage in Bradwell village and the surrounding area. The new mast will provide 4G coverage from both O2 and Vodafone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir John said of his visit \u201cHaving served until recently as Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure, I am very aware of the importance of good mobile coverage for businesses, residents and visitors and was involved in the delivery of the Government\u2019s Shared Rural Network programme to tackle total and partial \u201cnot-spots\u201d where there is limited or zero mobile coverage. I am delighted that my constituents in Bradwell-on-Sea will now benefit from the programme and be able to access decent 4G coverage\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir John is pictured below with: Belinda Fawcett, Cornerstone\u00a0General Counsel and Property Director, Jamie Hayes Cornerstone\u00a0Chief Sales and Commercial Officer, Paul Cowap Cornerstone EMF Compliance Manager, Richard Haughey, Cornerstone CDM &amp; Supply Chain Governance Manager, Peter Coxsey, WHP Telecoms Limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cornerstone-1-1024x812.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cornerstone-1-1024x812.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cornerstone-1-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cornerstone-1-768x609.png 768w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Cornerstone-1.png 1249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir John Whittingdale, MP for Maldon visited Bradwell-on-Sea to see the newly installed mobile phone mast that has been installed by Cornerstone as part of the Government\u2019s Shared Rural Network programme. The \u00a31 billion SRN programme is jointly funded by the Government and by the four UK mobile network operators and -aims to achieve 95 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3618,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions\/3618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}