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Manchester to enjoy improved mobile signal
Manchester City Council and Freshwave have signed an agreement allowing new digital infrastructure to be deployed on council-owned assets across the city centre.
Residents, visitors and businesses in Manchester city centre and surrounding areas are set to receive improved mobile connectivity after an agreement between Manchester City Council and Freshwave.
Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave will be deploying more than 20 outdoor small cells on behalf of Virgin Media O2 in busy areas of the city, including outside the Arndale Shopping Centre, Manchester Piccadilly Station and Piccadilly Gardens.
Outdoor small cells
In busy urban areas such as city centres, the large number of people all using their mobile phones at once can place a high demand on the mobile network. According to Freshwave, outdoor small cells help meet some of the demand at street level, relieving the wider network and providing a better mobile service for customers.
Outdoor small cells are often fixed to existing street furniture, such as lampposts, so are ideal for boosting mobile capacity in busy areas without increasing clutter on the streets. They’ll be connected to Virgin Media O2’s fibre network which will carry the data to and from the internet. These small cells will immediately enhance 4G signal and are also 5G-ready.
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“Everyone in Manchester deserves to benefit from high quality, reliable digital infrastructure. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Freshwave and Virgin Media O2 to bring convenient, fair, and equitable connectivity to more people in our city,” said councillor Rabnawaz Akbar, executive member for finance and resources at Manchester City Council.
“We believe that this agreement is a significant step towards achieving the aims set out in our Digital Strategy for 2021-26, which outlines our ambitious vision to build a more digitally enabled future for Manchester. By enhancing communication, improving access to vital services, and driving economic growth, improved connectivity will make a transformative difference to the lives of businesses, residents, and visitors alike.”
“We believe that this agreement is a significant step towards achieving the aims set out in our Digital Strategy for 2021-26, which outlines our ambitious vision to build a more digitally enabled future for Manchester”
Nick Wiggin, Freshwave’s head of partnerships, said: “This agreement is an exciting step forward in Manchester’s digital ambitions. We want to stay connected no matter where we are, whether at home or on the go in the city centre, and Freshwave is always pleased to work with partners in bringing assured connectivity to where it’s needed.”
Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave seeks to bring mobile operators, central and local government, and real estate providers together to work in new ways.
Freshwave reckons its managed sites include some of the biggest, most challenging wireless environments in the UK, including several central London boroughs and Docklands.
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