Mr. Martin List-Petersen:

A large number of those sites are not known to ComReg because they are not used by the average mobile operator. Many of the regional providers operate on a completely different subset of small repeaters. It is for budgetary reasons but also because we are happy enough providing to areas even if there are only 40, 160 or 300 customers there. In the circumstances in question, we cannot use a traditional mast – never mind the cost of gaining access to one.