![]() It clearly shows that mobile coverage is not currently maintaining pace with developments, with areas of newer homes less likely to enjoy good signal than our more established communities. This piece of work rectifies that, accurately reflecting the on-the-ground experience that residents and businesses are likely to receive. “While we’ve made significant progress in increasing the availability of fixed broadband infrastructure, the levels of mobile coverage has been less clear due to the way it’s reported by mobile network operators, meaning it’s been almost impossible to identify any partial or total ‘not spots.’ Nevertheless, this is precisely what FarrPoint set out to do after Newcastle City Council (NCC) identified that this was one of the big concerns among local people (they did this by analysing social media comments). Similarly, attempting to produce an independent map of such signals is arguably even harder, since you’d need to go out and physically record how the signals change as you move around – that’s a lot of work. In fairness, mobile signals can easily be impact by all sorts of changes in the surrounding environment (weather, new buildings, tree growth etc.), so it’s not an easy thing to get right. ![]() ![]() If there’s one thing that most people can probably agree on, it’s that the maps of mobile network coverage produced by EE ( BT), Vodafone, O2 (VMO2) and Three UK are not always the most accurate or useful. The study was designed to “ comprehensively” map out the region’s mobile phone “ not spots” in order to help the local authority to improve connectivity. Technical UK consultancy firm FarrPoint has just created something rather special – the “ first ever” independent 4G mobile (broadband) coverage map of Newcastle and South Tyneside.
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