Mobile coverage checker
Inverclyde residents and businesses can now access a free tool to find out which mobile networks provide the fastest speeds at home, work or other locations of interest.
The interactive and easy to use coverage checker is available following a comprehensive study of signal strength throughout the area.
The mobile coverage survey, the largest in Scotland, is being carried out across council areas within Glasgow City Region with the assistance of bin lorries.
Refuse trucks are being used to carry equipment which is gathering data about the strength of signal from the UK’s four mobile operators street by street while people’s bins are being emptied.
Residents will then be able to see the signal strength that EE, Vodafone, Three and O2/Virgin Media offer within a 30-metre radius outside of their homes or businesses.
The initiative, which launched in Inverclyde in November 2024, is being rolled out to North Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire, South Lanarkshire, Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, and East Renfrewshire in the coming weeks and months.
The work, which is part of the Glasgow City Region Smart and Connected Social Places programme, is funded through the UK Government Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 5G Innovation Regions programme and is being delivered by leading connectivity solutions providers Streetwave and Commsworld.
The mobile coverage checker tool is available via the link in the Other Websites section of this page.