This is a mobile phone mast. Underground there are fibre cables to the mast. The material that
these cables are made out of is a flexible and because they are
transparent the pulses of
_that travel through them can do so
very quickly. These masts are always positioned in places that do not have a
lot of buildings or trees that will cause
The
the
mast the wider the area that it will cover. These days mobile masts can deliver
2G, 3G, 4G or
When you make a phone call your phone converts your voice to
waves that travel to the nearest mast. The mast then sees if the call is to a
landline or another mobile phone and diverts the call to where it needs to go.
The mobile phone operator breaks the UK into sections or 'cells' and each cell
contains a
Each cell covers its small area. This is why mobile
phones are called 'cell phones' in other countries such as
Look at
the image below so see how areas are split into cells. The more densely
populated the area the more masts there will be therefore you will see more
masts in
areas that you would in
areas.