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Chris Cox of IPACCESS in Cambourne explains to Roger Frost how mobile phones talk to radio masts; how signals decrease inside buildings and how femtocells (aka ‘small cells’) can improve a weak signal.
Tagged technology, physics, Roger Frost
05/02/12
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