Other Interest Groups
In Parliament
All Party Parliamentary Communications Group
www.apcomms.org.uk/
Campaign Groups
Friends of the Earth
www.foe.co.uk
Some organisations represent people who are opposed to mobile phone masts and actively campaign against them. We think they are wrong. But we do believe in open debate. We also think the independent scientific evidence that supports our view of mobile telephony is very strong. So, rather than pretending that these organisations or their opinions don't exist, we have included links to their websites here, so that you can judge for yourself.
Mast Action UK
www.mastaction.co.uk
Mast Sanity, a branch of Campaign Planning Sanity
www.mastsanity.org
Powerwatch
www.powerwatch.org.uk
Radiation Research Trust
www.radiationresearch.org
Other Information Sources
Sense About Science - is a charitable trust, founded in 2002, to promote an evidence-based approach to scientific issues in the public domain. The trust works with organisations, experts and opinion formers to encourage this approach, particularly in areas of controversy. http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/
Recent work includes a discussion paper, Peer Review and the Acceptance of New Scientific Ideas this can be found at: http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/ and a booklet, Making Sense of Radiation - A Guide to Radiation and Its Health Effects, this can be found at: http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/pdf/makingsenseofradiation.pdf
Science Media Centre - is an independent venture working to promote the voices, stories and views of the scientific community to the news media when science is in the headlines.
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org
A leaflet setting out information on the peer review process can be found at:
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/uploadDir/adminpeer_review_in_a_nutshell.pdf
INTECH Science Centre - a hands-on interactive science and technology centre, where one of the new exhibits explains the science behind the mobile phone http://www.intech-uk.com/
The MOA is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
81.6 Million Mobile Subscriptions
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 people now access mobile broadband services via a laptop and dongle, and 39 per cent of UK adults use their mobile phone for internet access. Tablet ownership rose to 11% of UK households. Operators are working with Ofcom to extend the benefits of mobile communications as widely as possible. 99.7% of UK premises (homes and businesses) had outdoor 2G coverage from at least one operator; 3G coverage is lower at 99.1%.
150 Billion Texts
Consumers sent over 150 billion texts in 2011, the average UK consumer sends 50 texts a week. The average time spent using mobile data services was 2.1 hours a month in 2011, 25 minutes per month more than in 2010, while the volume of data consumed more than doubled in the 18 months to January 2012. At the end of 2011 15% of adults live in a home that has a mobile phone but no landline.