IV POSTCODE AREA · 9 DISTRICTS SAMPLED
Inverness mobile coverage Three strongest indoors, 83% vs EE and Vodafone 77% IV postcode area
No network wins Inverness on overall coverage: all four are within 1 point, but indoors Three reaches 83% of sampled addresses and EE and Vodafone 77%.
Inverness as a whole
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Ofcom Mobile Coverage data (May 2025), measured across 900 addresses in 51 sampled postcodes, pooled from 9 districts. Methodology.
What differs inside Inverness
Where the networks split most
- IV8 Black Isle: indoors Three 85%, Vodafone 52%.
- IV9 Black Isle: indoors Three 44%, Vodafone 16%.
- IV2 Inverness, Aird, Nairn: indoors EE and Vodafone 100%, O2 88%.
Each network's weakest and strongest district
| Network | Indoor |
|---|---|
| EE | 2% in IV5 Aird; 100% in 3 districts |
| O2 | 8% in IV5 Aird; 100% in 3 districts |
| Three | 2% in IV5 Aird; 100% in 3 districts |
| Vodafone | 2% in IV5 Aird; 100% in 5 districts |
Middle of the area against its edges
The 3 districts nearest the middle (IV1 Inverness, IV3 Inverness, IV8 Black Isle) against the 3 furthest out (IV2 Inverness, IV4 Aird, IV9 Black Isle):
- Three indoors: 95% in the middle, 77% at the edges.
- O2 indoors: 90% in the middle, 74% at the edges.
- Vodafone indoors: 84% in the middle, 69% at the edges.
District by district
| District | Places | Indoor, low to high | Addresses |
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| IV1 | Inverness, Dingwall, Seaforth | 100% on all four | 78 |
| IV2 | Inverness, Aird, Nairn | O2 88%; EE and Vodafone 100% | 147 |
| IV3 | Inverness, Aird, Loch Ness | EE 90%; the rest 100% | 147 |
| IV4 | Aird, Dingwall, Seaforth | EE 84%; O2 95% | 73 |
| IV5 | Aird, Loch Ness | EE, Three and Vodafone 2%; O2 8% | 53 |
| IV6 | Aird, Dingwall, Seaforth | Three 95%; the rest 100% | 106 |
| IV7 | Dingwall, Seaforth, Black Isle | EE 97%; Three and Vodafone 100% | 74 |
| IV8 | Black Isle | Vodafone 52%; Three 85% | 110 |
| IV9 | Black Isle | Vodafone 16%; Three 44% | 112 |
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