The Sun ate my mobile signal

IF YOUR mobile phone signal drops for no apparent reason you should blame the Sun, according to a paper presented to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

A study conducted by Queen's University study, found solar flares are likely to blame for mobile phones losing their signal.

Radio-frequency energy bursts emitting from the sun can take down a host tower's antennae if it is facing the sun at the time.

The report claimed that between nine and 20 per cent of calls have been dropped because of solar flares.

Queen's top boffin professor Dr David Thomson said the effect was caused by the Sun radiating energy into the Earth's magnetic field.

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