Open Line
Open Line is the MOA’s newsletter and is sent to all MPs, MSPs, and to members of the National Assembly for Wales and of the Northern Ireland Assembly, along with UK MEPs and local councillors in every planning authority across the UK. Open Line aims to keep these elected representatives updated on mobile phone network development and radio frequency (RF) health and safety issues.
Open Line is available in pdf format and as an e-version.
Latest edition:
Spring 2013
MOA Spring Newsletter 2013 AW HR
Open Line is also available online: Open Line Spring 2013
Summer 2012
MOA-Summer_Newsletter_2012.pdf
Winter 2011/1012
MOA_Open_Line_Newsletter_2011-2012.pdf
Summer 2011
MOA Open Line Newsletter (pdf431 KB)
Summer 2010
MOA Open Line Newsletter (pdf 517KB)
November 2009
MOA Open Line Newsletter (PDF 517KB)
December 2008
MOA Open Line Newsletter (PDF 513KB)
Winter 2007
MOA Open Line Newsletter (PDF 4.61MB)
Autumn 2006
MOA Open Line Newsletter (PDF 513KB)
5.1 Million Mobile Broadband Connections
Mobile phones cannot work without a network of base stations (masts). There are approximately 52,500 base station sites (excluding microcells) in the UK. Only a third of these are large, free standing masts. A YouGov survey for MOA (Sept 2012) showed that nearly 8 out of 10 people recognise the link between masts and good mobile coverage. Mobile telecommunications are vital for the UK’s economic competitiveness and in promoting social inclusion. There are now over 81.6 million mobile subscriptions in the UK. Over 5.1 million customers now access mobile broadband services via a laptop and dongle, and 39 per cent of UK adults use their mobile phones for internet access. Tablet ownership rose to 11% of UK households.
No Established Health Effects
Mobile phones operate by using radio waves, similar to those that have been widely used for decades, for example in radio, TV and radar signals. A large number of studies over the last two decades have found no clear evidence of adverse health effects from the use of mobile phones or from phone masts.