QS4 is uniquely placed to bring benefit to parishes and mobile phone operating operators, and to improve phone and internet services in the community.

Many of the 16,000 parish and guild churches across England could be suitable for housing installations for the new generation of mobile communications. The use of a local church tower can give a clear strong signal, able to carry both voice calls and broadband data services.

Church buildings have a special significance in the communities they serve, and the mission and environment of the church and its many listed buildings have to be protected. The Church of England has a strict legal process for granting permission to change the fabric of a church building, and this applies to telecommunications installations. Without full understanding of these special needs, church installations can be time consuming and difficult for both the operators and parishes concerned.

QS4 has worked with the Archbishops' Council to develop a standard approach to both the practical and legal aspects of aerial installations. Parishes have access to specially selected QS4 project managers and are given detailed supporting handbooks as well as a central helpline.
This makes the overall installation process simpler, to the mutual benefit of Operators and the Parish.

QS4 is independent from the mobile phone operators. We design sites for occupancy by several operators. The patented antenna sharing technology of our sister company, Quintel Technology, means that only one set of antennas is needed, which can normally be concealed.

Site sharing reduces costs to operators and brings the potential of extra income to the parish.

Parishes who wish to nominate their church as a candidate location for an installation, should contact Anne McMillan at QS4, via email: anne.mcmillan@qs4.com, telephone: 01252 413510 or by writing to her at the following address:

QS4 Ltd
35 Park Lane
London
W1K 1RB