Reference: 01092468 Roshni Narayanan Information Rights Advisor
[email protected] 18 January 2021 Freedom of Information: Right to know request Thank you for your request for information in relation to the mobile mast situated in West Park, Aldwick, Bognor Regis, West Sussex. We received this request on 18 December 2020 and have considered it under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”). You asked: Hello, I wanted to find out about my local mobile mast situated in West Park, Aldwick, Bognor Regis. W. Sussex. I would like to know what it emits and any frequency levels and changes in the time that it has been running. Who operates it? Will 5G be added to this mast? I would appreciate full information please. Our response The licences issued to UK Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) by Ofcom authorise the use of blocks of radio spectrum and set the technical conditions for how such apparatus must be constructed and operated. However the detailed planning and management of frequencies (https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/information/masts-planning) is undertaken by each MNO. Regarding the ownership and characteristics of a mast, the MobileUK publication Code of best practice on mobile network development in England gives email contact points (see appendix G at the end of the document) for enquiries relating to a mobile phone mast installation. You may also find it useful to see our published information on exposure to electromagnetic fields which explains why this is not within Ofcom’s remit and signposts where further information and advice may be found.