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Vodafone UK Offers Femtocell to Pubs & Community Centers to Boast 3G Coverage in Rural Scotland

Vodafone UK Offers Femtocell to Pubs & Community Centers to Boast 3G Coverage in Rural Scotland Image Credit: Vodafone UK

Vodafone UK this week launched a new scheme to extend reliable, indoor 3G mobile coverage and internet access to pubs and rural community centres in rural mobile coverage ‘not-spots’ across the UK.

The Community Indoor Sure Signal (CISS) programme, which will be open to up to 100 rural community hubs,  builds on the success of Vodafone’s Rural Open Sure Signal (ROSS) which provides 3G mobile coverage to over 80 rural communities.

Leveraging femtocell technology, the Operator aims to bring both 3G voice and data coverage to employees and visitors at the community hubs. Vodafone has already deployed the technology for its ROSS programme. 

Vodafone is calling for applications from rural community centres across Scotland, such as independent or community run pubs and shops, village halls, scout huts, doctor’s surgeries or visitor centres that do not have reliable mobile coverage, to apply for the programme. Successful applicants will need an unlimited broadband package, download speeds of at least 4Mbps and upload speeds of 2Mbps and a domestic plug-in power point. The CISS unit simply plugs into a standard fixed broadband router to provide mobile coverage throughout a building, hall or shop.   

Jorge Fernandes, Vodafone UK Chief Technology Officer
Reliable mobile coverage and mobile internet are vital to the economic and social well-being of rural communities. By installing our units, we can ensure that rural hotspots continue to play an important role in rural community life.

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