With tall towers or spires, church buildings appear to be ideal for mobile communications base stations. However, there are several other factors that need to be evaluated before a given church can be deemed suitable:

• an aerial on the church must provide the local coverage that the operators actually   need
• a suitable location is needed to site aerials in or on the building to give the required   line of sight coverage
• there needs to be room to house the supporting electronic equipment reasonably   close to the aerials
• the designs for the installation must be sympathetic to the environment of the church   building and meet the requirement of the authorities
• an electricity supply is needed to run the equipment
• a connection to the operators' national networks will need to be installed
• health and safety is of paramount importance: radio emission levels must be within   international guidelines

Whilst technical solutions can be found in most cases, we may not be able to proceed with an installation if the cost of implementation becomes prohibitive.