LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Britain's four mobile network
operators have agreed to build a shared rural network, backed by
funds from government, that will banish "not-spots" in the
countryside where consumers cannot get an adequate signal.
EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three
will collectively spend 532 million pounds ($684 million) over
20 years according to the plan published on Friday, potentially
supported by a 500 million pound investment from government.
The operators would invest in a network of new and existing
phone masts they would all share under the proposal, which the
government hopes will be formalised early next year.
($1 = 0.7780 pounds)
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Kate Holton)