For Local Authorities

Evidence-led mobile network data,
built for your borough.

Independent, like-for-like coverage and performance data across every UK mobile network, surveyed street by street — the evidence base councils need for productive conversations with operators, regulators and residents.

4
UK networks surveyed simultaneously
100k+
Geolocated measurements per day
3h
Time-of-day filter granularity
Inakalum team members standing in front of a council waste-collection bin wagon — the host vehicle for NetworkUX kits running multi-week mobile-coverage programmes across UK council areas.
Where NetworkUX earns its keep

Three council problems, one evidence base.

Council mobile-coverage problems don’t come from a lack of opinions — they come from a lack of independent, defensible data. NetworkUX is built to provide it.

01

Productive operator discussions

Without independent data, conversations with mobile operators about service quality stall. NetworkUX gives you the granular, like-for-like evidence operators take seriously — and that holds up in regulatory submissions.

02

Smart infrastructure planning

EV chargers, CCTV, IoT sensors, digital signage, smart bins, e-mobility bays — all depend on mobile coverage to function. NetworkUX validates whether every candidate site has the connectivity to support the asset, before commissioning.

03

Digital inclusion & resident service

Mobile-only households, vulnerable residents on home monitoring kit, town-centre visitors paying for parking by app — all rely on the network working. NetworkUX shows you, street by street, where it doesn’t.

What you get

A defensible, working evidence base — not a survey report.

Survey data is only useful if you can interrogate it. NetworkUX delivers an interactive platform plus exportable data your GIS and digital teams can actually use.

  1. Interactive platform

    RAG-coloured hex maps for coverage and performance, time-of-day filters, operator-by-operator side-by-side comparison. Anyone in the council can use it.

  2. Address & asset search

    Look up any postcode or street to see what each operator delivers there, at different times of day. Invaluable before deploying a home-monitoring kit or smart asset.

  3. Exportable data

    KML, shapefile, JSON, CSV — drop straight into your GIS, BI tool or asset management system. Raw datapoints, not just summaries.

  4. Instant reporting

    Export maps and findings to PDF for council reports, scrutiny committees and operator meetings. The story tells itself.

In their words

What council customers say after the data lands on the table.

Four direct quotes from three live UK council programmes — Westminster City Council, Manchester City Council and the Tees Valley Combined Authority (plus one of its constituent councils).

“The conversation with mobile-network operators has moved on a lot more. We know where the problem areas are. We can be constructive and collaborative about how we might be able to help them — our aim is to improve the user and visitor experience of people coming to Westminster.”
David Wilkins
Head of Smart City, Westminster City Council
See the Westminster case study
“Overall, the experience of working with the team at NetworkUX and the product delivered was exceptional in quality and delivery. I would recommend NetworkUX to any party interested in gathering data on mobile capacity.”
Megan Lawless
Senior Digital Strategy Officer, Manchester City Council
See the Manchester case study
“Ever wondered why your apps won’t load despite full bars on your phone? That’s exactly what our new Mobile Performance Map is here to solve. It’s already highlighting where coverage is strong — and where it needs to improve — so we can work with providers to fill the gaps and make sure people get the service they pay for.”
Ben Houchen
Tees Valley Mayor
See the Tees Valley case study
“We’re using our bin wagons to sort more than just our rubbish — we’re sorting rubbish signal out, too. No more guesswork — this will give us hard evidence of problems people who have poor signal know only too well, and arm us to go to providers and government to get it sorted.”
Cllr Steve Harker
Leader, Darlington Borough Council
See the Tees Valley case study
Use cases

Where councils already use this.

Every public asset that needs a SIM, and every resident-facing service that needs a network, is a candidate for NetworkUX validation. A few of the most common.

EV charging

Verify mobile coverage before committing on-street charge-point locations — particularly for LEVI-funded deployments.

Home monitoring kit

Confirm signal at a vulnerable resident’s address for the intended operator before installation.

Smart bins & IoT

Validate connectivity for SIM-enabled assets before deployment, avoiding silent failures in the field.

CCTV surveillance

Pick camera locations where the mobile network can actually carry the data they generate.

Parking apps

Ensure motorists can pay for parking by app in every controlled zone.

Digital signage

SIM-fed signage needs reliable data. Survey before specifying.

Shared mobility

e-bike and e-scooter bays only work where the app works. NetworkUX confirms it.

Tourism & events

City-centre and event-day capacity testing for the busiest times your visitors arrive.

Public coverage checkers

Show residents the data, too.

Some councils already turn their NetworkUX data into resident-facing coverage checkers — a tangible, shareable demonstration of what mobile service is really like across the area. Ours is the most granular checker in the UK — 10-metre hexagons (vs 50–100 m for Ofcom and the operators), all four networks side-by-side, real measurements only.

See how our checker compares

Talk to our local authorities team

See what NetworkUX shows for your area.

Book a short demo and we’ll walk you through a real NetworkUX survey using data from a UK council comparable to yours. No prep needed.