It has a 30-year contract to manage the government's existing Luzon telephone network and permission to build an international gateway facility for overseas calls.
The council and developers John Laing had worked together on the project since September 2009 and had managed to get planning permission and Network Rail technical approvals for the project.
It has created a city-wide network in which physicians can, with the patient's permission, log on to a complete medical history that includes all previous care at the 11 participating hospitals.
"I would like it to be underground and even asked that this be put as a condition on any planning permission, but it is up to the district network operator to put in a separate application in for any link, " said Mr Holmes.
It was meant to be a temporary structure, but I am told that every four years Network Rail has to apply to the council to renew the planning permission for it.
Previously O2 and Vodafone had expressed anger that rival network EE - formerly known as Everything Everywhere - had been given permission to use its existing 1, 800MHz spectrum to launch a 4G service earlier.
In the same year, the launch of the Buzz social network tool caused similar problems because Google enrolled millions of people into it without their permission.
Using the service, recruiters can search through their own network of Facebook friends as well as the networks of their employees (as long as they give permission).