Visualise and Understand Mobile Network Coverage
Streetwave Maps Mobile Coverage Performance for Every Road Nationwide
Built for the Telecoms Industry, People and Governments.
Streetwave provides mobile network coverage maps in unparalleled detail. Unlike crowdsourced data or modelled predictions, our data shows real life network performance readings for all mobile operators across every address in the regions we survey. That means zero dependency on consumers, zero privacy concerns, and zero blind spots. Our methodology ensures that we are the trusted source for mobile coverage intelligence worldwide.
Solutions by Sector
Streetwave works across sectors to turn mobile coverage maps into actionable insight. From councils and police to MNOs and rail operators, our real-world data helps public and private partners plan with confidence, prove impact, and close coverage gaps.
Local Authorities (Municipal Governments)
Spot digital divides, lead digital inclusion, and ensure your council and residents are connected to the right network. Streetwave enables local authorities to engage collaboratively with industry to drive coverage improvements.
Emergency Services
Pinpoint not-spots in the Emergency Services Network (ESN). We provide assurance to blue-light service teams about the readiness of the ESN ahead of a switch from Airwave.
Rail & Transport
We capture insights into the user experience of mobile networks across every meter of road and railway lines. Transport authorities use it to plan, prioritise and upgrade. Governments use our data to understand coverage across Strategic Transport Networks.
MNOs & TowerCos
Streetwave enables benchmarking of network performance, helping to plan and priorities new sites for investments with confidence. Data can be ordered On-Demand for rapid before and after insights, or for specific feature testing.
Why Streetwave?
Streetwave maps are built for trust. Our controlled data collection ensures consistent, reliable insights across entire nations, accessible via dashboards, coverage checkers or data export. We reveal real user experience insights for transparency and actionable results.
Our maps are:
Trusted and Transparent
Accessible and Actionable
Hyper Detailed and Large Scale
Streetwave Products
Get trusted insights into mobile coverage —accessible via dashboards, coverage checkers, or data exports.
Data Collection On-Demand - Bespoke data collection; anywhere, anytime (roads, rail & walking routes)
Portable Mobile Coverage Mapping Units - Portable solution to map mobile coverage performance yourself
Mobile Coverage Checker - Allows residents and businesses to check mobile coverage by postcode
Digital Mapping Platform - Get insights and visualise mobile coverage across your region
Mobile Coverage Data APIs - Integrate mobile coverage performance data into your own apps and dashboards
In the News...
"Research carried out last year by mobile analysts Streetwave found that passengers on a train from London to Edinburgh lasting 4 hours 40 minutes spent on average 46pc of their journey – or 2 hours 8 minutes – in internet browsing not-spots"
James WarringtonMedia and Telecoms Editor
The TelegraphSee all NewsThe Observer
"On-the ground analysis last week by Streetwave in Cranleigh using its trackers found the geographical area with acceptable coverage (defined as 5Mbps download and 2Mbps upload) was 23% for EE, 6% for Vodafone, 6% for O2 and 0% for Three"
The BBC
"Poor mobile phone coverages was highlighted in the wake of Storm Darragh, which left people living in rural villages without means of contacting anyone for several days. Data from the new scheme, conducted with mobile analysts Streetwave, will be used in an interactive coverage map... to get Norfolk better connected."
The Telegraph
"The four mobile network operators have “acceptable” coverage across just 55pc of the country’s landmass on average, leaving large swathes of the population with sluggish connections, according to figures compiled by mobile data firm Streetwave."
The BBC
"Streetwave, which creates mobile network performance maps across the UK, has been enlisted to support... "the largest mobile coverage survey ever undertaken across the UK". Data would be collected across 31,780km (19,747 miles) of roads across the River Severn region."
Frequently Asked Questions
Streetwave collects its own data following industry best-practices and a consistent methodology. This controlled approached ensures we collect the highest quality data from road, rail or pedestrian areas. All our data is captured from our own handsets, and we only use handsets that contain modern chipsets, for example Samsung Galaxy S24s.
Yes. Participating councils link to our Coverage Checker, where anyone can enter their postcode and house number to view the quality of the mobile networks outside their house. We show upload/download speeds, and a network comparisons for every provider.
Absolutely. Our mapping is nationwide, we cover every road and rail in a country to provide insights to all people. We focus on closing gaps—not hiding them
We reveal real user experience data for transparency and actionable results. We collect over 30 KPIs about mobile performance including download and upload speeds.
Data is refreshed as frequently as the customer needs it. Typically this is twice per year, although data can be collected as often as every week.
We support exports to csv, json and gpkg - making the data ready for integration with your own complimentary datasets.