An MP has pledged to use the new Parliamentary term to renew her fight for improved phone signal in North Shropshire.
Helen Morgan said she has been busy tabling a new law that would help to improve phone signal in the region, and has set up a newhas reinstated her legislation to bring in 'Rural Roaming' - a proposal that would boost coverage in rural areas by giving customers access to other networks in places where they don't usually get signal.
Mrs Morgan's legislation would require telecoms firms such as BT and O2 to grant access to their network in areas where people cannot access phone signal. Through obliging telecoms firms to work together, the MP has argued that many areas without coverage inThe MP stated that signal is"still lacking in large swathes of Shropshire, even in areas where the official data claims there is coverage".
Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire, said:"Spotty mobile signal, bad broadband connections and concerns over copper wire landlines are all big issues in Shropshire. "I am really pleased to be taking on a new role that will help me champion the concerns that so many people have with connectivity in rural areas like North Shropshire, and provide important national scrutiny to changes like those proposed to copper wire landlines.
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