We’ve all been there; somewhere in the UK trying to make a call or use the internet on a mobile phone to find; we have no signal!
Ofcom’s Mobile Phone Coverage map, which I have used on the left, seems to show a pretty good coverage across the UK.
You can click on the image to find out more details from your own postcode area point of view.
Looking at all the 4 main mobile phone networks (three, O2, ee & vodafone) using this service, we can see slightly different coverage maps than those of Ofcom which paint a different picture with not so much full coverage of the UK.
So, just how good is the coverage of mobile phone coverage in the UK? I came across this report about United Kingdom Mobile Insights from m2catalyst a couple of days ago and clearly this a company is delving deep into mobile phone coverage not only in the UK but also around the world.
Information in the Coverage-qoe/Traffic analysis/Digital divide report includes detailed measurement of the UK mobile phone network coverage. What’s also interesting is a comparison of where the UK sits in relationship to other countries for Connected Coverage and Traffic Percentage, the UK does not come out very well.
The whole report can be downloaded at the end of the online report page, as are reports from many other countries around the work. Happy reading; that is, if you have a connection!!!
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