HYNDBURN MP Graham Jones has asked Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Maria Miller ‘whether she has contingency funds available if funding is insufficient to compensate everyone whose television reception is affected by the launch of 4G’.
In response, Edward Vaizey, under secretary of state for culture, communications and creative industries, said: “The Government is confident that £180million will be sufficient for the foreseeable tasks to address interference from 4G mobile services to digital terrestrial television reception to be undertaken.
“This sum includes a significant contingency which, if not used, will be returned to the mobile network operators when the scheme closes.”
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