Highlands badly served by poor mobile signal
MP bids to tackle miles-and-miles of roads with no coverage
MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Drew Hendry is calling on the UK government to act on the 4,500 miles of road across the UK where there is no mobile phone signal.
The SNP MP raised the issue in the House of Commons:
"We've been badly served in the Highlands for many years. There's a big queue of people looking for a better signal to take advantage of the new economy" "If you can't do business in the right way then that puts us at a disadvantage"
“Across the UK there are some 4,500 miles of road that has absolutely no mobile phone coverage and 452 miles of those roads are in the Highlands which means that people travelling these routes can’t make or receive calls and can’t even send a text"
Mr Hendry continued: “What we need now is a cast-iron commitment from the UK government that these coverage blackspots will be plugged"
“Sufficient mobile coverage for the whole of the UK, particularly rural areas such as my own constituency in the north of Scotland, should be a top priority for the UK government in order to ensure the safety of those travelling for work and leisure or to aid the emergency services"