State telecom regulators will embark on a nationwide exercise to rid the country off indiscriminate erection of mast.The regulators indicated that the exercise will begin with the licensing of separate private companies to set up telecom infrastructure mainly for co-location.
This was disclosed by the Director of Regulation and Administration at the National Communication Authority (NCA), Joshua Peprah during the meeting of stakeholders in the telecommunication industry in Accra.
The meeting was organized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) purposely at finding appropriate solution to the erection of telecom mast and its accompanied health hazards on the general public.
“It is important to critically address public perception on telecom mast and its environmental problems” said the regulator.
It has been difficult now for individual operators to share existing infrastructures due to the inappropriate installations of the mast some years ago.
Mr.Preprah further stressed the need for the public to understand that without the telecom masts, the service operators cannot provide the quality service expected of them. “The fear of the dangers of non-ionizing radiation from telecom masts to people’s health was not real, saying that scientific research had proved that non-ionizing radiations had the least effect on human health and did not pose any more danger than other emissions”.
Outlining some records on masts reactions, he said by the end of the first quarter of this year, there were about 3,000 telecom masts across the country, comprising 1,652 for MTN, 699 for TIGO, 378 for Vodafone, 250 for Zain and 112 for Kasapa.
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