Mobile Mapping Experts
Meet the Streetwave team.
Discover our mission to deliver independent mobile coverage maps, built to be accessible by all: the telecoms industry, consumers and governments.
About Streetwave
Mobile coverage maps in unparalleled detail.
Streetwave provides mobile network coverage maps in unparalleled detail. Unlike crowdsourced data or modelled predictions, our data shows real-world 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.
We are building the most comprehensive nationwide mobile coverage maps ever made, covering every road and every railway line.
Our Vision
To be the trusted source of mobile coverage intelligence worldwide.
The Team
The people behind the data
We're a mission-driven team with backgrounds in telecoms, software, geospatial data and public infrastructure. Our leadership and advisors bring a depth of experience and energy that is hard to find elsewhere. Together, we help councils, operators and infrastructure partners solve coverage challenges with clarity and credibility.
Angus Hay Founder & CEO
After obtaining a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree from the University of Otago in New Zealand, Angus has worked for large enterprise, SMEs and start-ups, with the most recent of which being an aquaculture start-up in Scotland. As managing director, Angus thrives on building relationships with new people and delivering outstanding new solutions to customer problems. Outside of work, Angus enjoys fishing and exploring the Hebrides in Scotland.
George Gibson Founder & Partnerships Director
Earning a First-Class BSc in Management from Warwick Business School, George has built experience managing start-ups that reduced food waste and promoted shopping at independent stores. As the partnerships director, George works collaboratively with customers to ensure that Streetwave can collect both accurate and useful mobile data that can used to drive digital improvements. Outside of work, George can be found wild camping, travelling or at his local chess park.
James Luke CTO
James is an engineer with over 30 years experience delivering mission critical solutions. In his 26 year career at IBM, James held multiple lead architect and CTO posts before moving to Roke as Innovation Director. James is now working with mutiple startups to help define technology roadmaps; especially those involving advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). James holds a PhD from Southampton University, has given evidence to both the House of Lords and the European Commission and holds more than 15 US patents.
Henry Rutland Operations Director
Henry has led large-scale and scale-up operations at Amazon and Lime, from launching Europe’s largest fulfilment centre to scaling Lime’s fleet and driving strategic fleet placement across London. He’s delivered innovative projects including yard automation, sub same-day delivery, and advanced fleet optimisation, while managing teams of over 300. He holds a BSc in Engineering Mathematics from the University of Bristol. Outside of work, Henry enjoys fishing for sea bass off the South Devon coast.
Joanna Redihough Software & Data Engineer
Joanna is a skilled Software and Data Engineer at Streetwave, where she manages web app features and contributes to insightful data analysis. Her background includes a Bachelor of Science degree from Cardiff University, during which she gained experience in bioinformatics and handling large biological datasets. This diverse knowledge, coupled with her expertise in a variety of languages and frameworks, allows her to deliver functional and visually appealing web applications and software, with a keen interest in frontend design.Outside of work, Joanna loves adventuring with her dog, going to the beach and painting.
Ben Burwood Head of Development
Having earned his Master's degree in Electronic and Communications Engineering from the University of Sheffield, Ben began his professional journey in RF engineering within the satellite industry. Finding a passion for Embedded Software in this role, Ben developed and transitioned his skillset towards his current software and technical coordinator position at Streetwave. Beyond his professional and hobbyist pursuits in all things tech, Ben enjoys escaping to the country for long hikes and camping breaks.
Robyn McNeill DevSecOps Engineer
Robyn has been interested in cellular networks since she was a teenager struggling to download games over 4G in rural Wales. In her spare time, Robyn used open-source datasets to create mast maps, as well as writing multiple throughput calculators for 4G and 5G. She went on to study Computer Science at Cardiff University in 2019, and shortly after graduating joined Streetwave as a DevSecOps Engineer. Outside of Streetwave, Robyn can be spotted carrying anywhere from 1 to 8 pigeons at a time, as well as skating, and climbing.
Governance
Board & Advisors
Simon Gibson CBE, DL
Chairman
Simon is Chairman of the Alacrity Graduate Entrepreneurship Foundation and Chief Executive of Wesley Clover International. Before joining Wesley Clover, he was co-founder, President and CEO of Ubiquity Software Corporation, a pioneer in the development of media protocols and service platforms for the Internet. Simon is Chairman of a number of technology companies and a non-executive Director of the Celtic Collection and has a long history of advising and chairing public bodies. Simon served as the High Sheriff of Gwent and is a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Gwent.
Sir Terry Matthews
Principal Investor
Terry Matthews is the founder and Chairman of Wesley Clover International, a private, global investment management firm and holding company. Since 1972, Terry has founded or funded more than 100 companies. Early data networking giant Newbridge Networks and current business communications leader Mitel are highlights. Terry holds an Honours degree in electronics from the University of Wales, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 1994, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and in 2001, the Queen made him a Knight Bachelor.
Ian Newbury
Independent Advisor
A veteran of the telecoms industry, Ian has lead teams across Mobile Backhaul, Media & Broadcast and Fixed Connectivity. Ian is well known for his roles in BT turning innovation and market opportunity into market leading products. A regular speaker and moderator at industry events and well known for having the harder conversations.
Mike Galvin
Independent Advisor
Mike Galvin is a senior telecommunications leader with over 32 years at BT PLC, where he played a pivotal role in shaping the UK’s broadband infrastructure. As Managing Director, he led the nationwide rollout of BT’s fibre network and high-speed internet delivery, and also headed BT’s internationally renowned research division. A telecommunications engineer with deep expertise in broadband networks, Mike has worked at board level, advising governments and leading innovation, technology, and research initiatives.
Jamie Howkins
Independent Advisor
Jamie Howkins works with founders of start-ups and scaleups focused on Technology, National Security and Defence, providing strategic and financial advice. He is a fellow at the ICAEW having worked at Deloitte as a Director in Corporate Finance; Finance and IT Director at Chemring Group plc's Countermeasure division; and Investment Director at Roke. He has 27 years of experience of working with multiple stakeholders and undertaking the detailed work required to make businesses stabilise and thrive.
Common questions
Answers to the questions we hear most often.
Operator coverage maps are generated from network models — computer simulations of expected signal propagation. Streetwave collects actual signal measurements using calibrated hardware physically present in the location being measured. This means we can detect coverage gaps that models miss, and confirm coverage that models might overstate.
We deploy compact measurement sensors on vehicles operating in target geographies — typically council fleet vehicles like refuse lorries, highways vans, and transport services. Each sensor collects signal data from all four major UK operators simultaneously, GPS-synchronised at 1-second intervals, covering roads, rail corridors, and pedestrian environments.
Yes. By fitting sensors to vehicles that already operate in these areas — including bin lorries that service residential streets and rural lanes — we can achieve comprehensive coverage of areas that would be impractical or uneconomical to survey by conventional means.
We collect 30+ KPIs per measurement point, including signal strength (RSRP, RSRQ, SINR), data throughput (uplink and downlink), latency, packet loss, voice quality indicators, and network technology (2G/3G/4G/5G). A full data dictionary is provided with every dataset.
This depends on the geography and the arrangement in place. For councils with active collection programmes, data is refreshed on a regular cycle — typically quarterly or annually. On-demand data collection projects are delivered on the timescale agreed at commission.
We deliver data in CSV, JSON, and GeoPackage (GPKG) formats. Our digital platform provides browser-based access without requiring any data export. API customers receive JSON or GeoJSON responses.
Locations
Where we are
Work with us
Whether you're a local authority, network operator, regulator or infrastructure company, we'd love to show you what Streetwave data can do for your organisation.