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035 _a(Sirsi) u121171
100 _aTinworth, A.
245 2 _aA bird that can transmit
260 _c2003
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(0303) 18 January 2003, 114(1)
520 _aExplains the technology behind the fact that shoppers underground in the retail malls of Canary Wharf are able to use their mobile phones. The signal is maintained by a proliferation of aerials in the ceiling, a result of a deal between NTL and Canary Wharf, that are arranged in a network connected to electronics housed in a cage behind the shops. Space on the network is leased to the mobile phone operators by NTL, enabling shoppers to use their mobile phones without leaving the shopping centre. Other shopping centres such as Bluewater have this arrangement to allow mobile phone operators to provide a service where otherwise the signal would be lost in the welter of walls, facades and goods.
590 _aABS
650 _aSHOPPING CENTRES
650 _aTELECOMMUNICATIONS
650 _aMOBILE PHONE COMPANIES
690 _aTRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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