Ofcom's online Mobile Coverage Checker aims to help consumers check the coverage they could expect anywhere in the UK.
Using data from the four UK mobile phone network providers, the interactive map shows the predicted level of coverage both in doors and outside. It shows coverage for voice calls, 3G and 4G data connections.
Over 286,710 people have used these maps since their launch and around 1,500 people suse the checker each day.
You can help improve these maps by giving feedback for the local area. The feedback Ofcom receives from the public is really important in helping to improve the maps, as people can tell them whether their experience matches what their database tells them – more than 4,000 people have done this so far. You can find the mobile phone coverage checker here: http://t.co/gYVvMG4Lj2”
Because of this feedback, Ofcom are able to update these maps monthly and do testing of their own to validate the coverage data from mobile phone networks.
Later this year, Ofcom will also be launching a mobile ‘app’ for smartphones and tablets, which will allow people to test their Wi-Fi connection. Ofcom estimates that consumers’ home broadband experience may not be working as well as it could in around a fifth of UK homes. The new app will help identify if someone’s broadband isn’t performing as it should be, and suggest simple trouble-shooting tips to help address it.
