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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today published a new report and map to help show where 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks are falling short. In addition, the mayor proposes ten “practical steps” via a new framework that boroughs can take to support improvements.
Despite plenty of progress being made to improve mobile coverage in recent years (e.g. 4G and 5G deployments across the London Underground), some Londoners still experience weak signals and slow or unreliable mobile data connections. Demand for mobile data continues to grow, and even where coverage is available, the report finds that busy networks can still “struggle to deliver the performance people need“.
The London Mobile Connectivity Evidence Report, developed with support from Ookla (RootMetrics), looks beyond traditional coverage measures to also assess mobile broadband download speed, upload speed, signal strength and latency — the time it takes a network to respond. This provides a more complete picture of Londoners’ experience of mobile services and helps identify where improvements are needed.