Sensitive radio dishes of the Square Kilometre Array will affect phone reception — and could harm local economies, say farmers.
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Wild, S. Giant telescope’s mobile-phone ‘dead zones’ rile South African residents. Nature 551, 423–424 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22998
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