A project built around local coverage, real infrastructure, and participation.

AzurePCS is a community-run mobile network project focused on building practical local coverage in places that are often underserved, overlooked, or simply not treated as a priority by the big operators. The aim is not to copy a national network overnight. It is to build something real, useful, and interesting that people can actually be part of.

Clear starting costs

For smaller sites, the starting costs are simple and should be easy to understand.

Indoor femtocell

£80 one-off

10 MHz licence

£80 per year

20 MHz licence

£160 per year

What it is

AzurePCS is meant to be something people can help shape.

AzurePCS is not just a concept, a logo, or a website. It is a hands-on network project built around real infrastructure, real sites, and a different way of thinking about mobile coverage. Instead of waiting for national operators to decide a place matters, AzurePCS is about building coverage where there is local interest, local need, and local willingness to take part.

Independent infrastructure

AzurePCS is built around its own network infrastructure rather than simply being a branding exercise on top of someone else’s system.

Community-run by design

The project is meant to involve real participation from site hosts, supporters, and hobbyists rather than being something closed off behind the scenes.

Built in stages

Smaller local deployments make it possible to start now, while still leaving room for larger and more ambitious coverage projects later.

Why it exists

Because too many places still get left behind.

Plenty of homes, businesses, farms, venues, and community spaces still struggle with poor or patchy mobile coverage. National operators tend to build where scale and commercial return are easiest. AzurePCS is about taking a more local and more direct approach: starting with the places that actually want better service and building outward from there.

Coverage gaps are real

A lot of locations are still stuck with poor indoor coverage, inconsistent data performance, or no meaningful service at all.

Local people usually know the problem best

The people living, working, or visiting these areas already know where coverage is weak and where practical improvements would matter most.

Community backing changes what is possible

Once local hosts and supporters are willing to take part, smaller and more targeted mobile infrastructure suddenly becomes much more realistic.

It is also about the fun of building it

AzurePCS is not only about solving coverage issues. It is also about the enjoyment of building real network infrastructure with people who actually care about it.

Who it is for

More than one kind of person can be part of AzurePCS.

AzurePCS is not only for technical people, and it is not only for site hosts either. The project makes space for a mix of people who all care about coverage in different ways.

Site hosts

People with homes, venues, farms, businesses, churches, or other buildings that could support local AzurePCS coverage.

Network hobbyists

People who are interested in telecoms, radio, mobile core networks, and the technical side of building infrastructure.

Local supporters

People who simply want better local coverage and like the idea of a network that communities can help grow themselves.

Direction

Small sites now, broader ambitions over time.

AzurePCS is expected to grow in layers. Indoor femtocells make sense as one starting point because they are practical and affordable. But the long-term direction goes beyond that into hosted community sites and larger outdoor or macro style deployments where there is enough support, funding, and local justification.

Indoor deployments

A useful and affordable entry point for single buildings and clearly defined local sites.

Indoor femtocell: £80 one-off
10 MHz licence: £80 per year
20 MHz licence: £160 per year

Hosted local sites

A step beyond one-building installs, using local buildings and host sites to spread coverage more meaningfully.

Churches
Farms and rural buildings
Caravan parks
Locally important venues

Larger outdoor direction

Macro style and wider-area sites are part of the bigger AzurePCS vision where the right local case exists.

Broader area coverage
Shared community support
More ambitious rollout
Longer-term growth

The long-term idea

A community-run network that starts with practical local deployments but has room to grow into something much more substantial over time.

Important limitations

AzurePCS is a developing community-run network and should not be treated as identical to a mainstream national mobile operator.

Emergency calling is not available on AzurePCS.
Do not rely on AzurePCS for access to 999 or 112.
Voice and SMS capability are not equivalent to a mainstream national mobile network.