Mecca area will soon receive better cell coverage with newly installed tower
KESQ News Team
MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) – A new cell tower in the east valley will benefit low income communities with better cell coverage.
In January, a cell tower was approved in the community of Mecca, located on 66th Avenue.
New towers are put up in areas when there is a lack of coverage, or when there’s enough customers complaining about dropped calls.
Riverside County District 4 Principal Planner Jose Merlan says, “The benefits to the community for this cell tower is that now they’ll be able to not only get cell service outdoors, but they’ll be able to get it indoors, outside their house, and in open areas – areas such as open fields, high up in the mountains. So the range has now increased from a smaller range to a higher range.”
The new tower is installed and is almost fully operational.