A couple of interesting and related articles on the BBC website today. The first reported that the symptoms felt by those living near mobile phone masts were “in the mind”. The research went on to conclude that “If you really believe something is going to do you some harm, it will.”.

This is good news for the company producing femtocell which essentially puts a mobile phone base station in your home and connects it to the internet. This means that those who have a poor signal at home will in future be able to continue to use their mobiles at home as they will connect to the femtocell and route the call via a broadband connection.

Both stores may not, however, have a happy ending. Those who feel the effects of living and working near mobile phone masts will continue to dispute the results and carry out their own studies. For femtocell the question is whether they are swimming against the tide of mobile devices that have wifi inbuilt that can connect to wireless routers and make voip calls cheaper than using a mobile.

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