Poor coverage in the mountains get the police to roar – Aftonbladet

Cell phone service in the Swedish mountains is too bad.

It believes the police that require improvement.

– The issue should be discussed in society we will have coverage everywhere or not, says Lars Wahlberg, police chief in Västerbotten, SR echo.

Last week six people disappeared in two days on the mountain Ammarnäs in Västerbotten. Sökarbetet made more difficult because the police could not get mobile contact with the missing. Even during Easter weekend was hampered a relief operation because of problems with mobile coverage. That time it were a snowmobile in Wilhelmina, according echo.

Now consider the police to the issue of coverage should be discussed.

– When it comes to the ability to call for help in emergency situations so it is reasonable to do so in areas where there is at least live sedentary people and that has tourism, says Lars Wahlberg, police chief in northern Sweden, to echo.

One problem is that the networks are not keeping up with the development of today’s phones that require greater capacity. When the network is not sufficiently developed to cope with the new phones will cover suffering.

One problem that particularly noticeable during the festival weekends and lovveckor the popular mountain resorts when the number of mobile users in areas increases sharply.

– Then it becomes disturbed and may affect the individual’s security. In this perspective can also be citizens of the community affected, says Lars Wahlberg, to echo.

This fall, an investigation into the matter conducted by the National Post and Telecom Agency to be completed.