The Consell de Formentera through the area of New Technologies, has commissioned a study and diagnosis of the situation of mobile telephony and internet coverage in Formentera.
That is why during the next seven monthsa company specialized in network monitoring, auditing and optimization (Wireless DNA) “will study the coverage situation on the island to then make claims or proposals for improvement in the companies” that offer this service on the island.
The councilor of New Technologies, Vanessa Parellada, by means of a press release, communicated that as a consequence of the complaints that there have been in the last two seasons from private and professional users (especially shopkeepers and cab drivers), “this study has been commissioned to have objective data on the problems that have been reported to us by users in places where historically there had been no lack of coverage, but also taking advantage of the opportunity to study the so-called dark areas”.
This study will be carried out before and during the tourist season and will analyze the coverage and capacity of mobile telephony in Formentera. With the coverage data and the shadow areas (where there is no signal) will make a comparative and independent evaluation of the different operators present on the island: Orange, Vodafone, Movistar.
To obtain the data, the following will be placed mobile and fixed probes which will collect information about coverage problems in the island territory. Afterwards, with this information it will be possible to request actions to the operators or to make claims. The project execution period is seven months and the cost is 17,908 eurosincluding taxes.
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