Wireless network installation analyzer and reporting

A method comprising:

• receiving density information indicating an amount of mobile device usage in each of multiple geographical regions;
• receiving an overlay image of network support infrastructure from a data interface, the overlay image indicating locations of physical infrastructure available to support installation of wireless access points in the multiple geographical regions;
• utilizing a combination of the density information and the overlay image of network support infrastructure to produce a respective metric for each of the multiple geographical regions, the respective metric indicating a desirability of installing a respective new wireless access point in a corresponding geographical region;
• wherein the respective metric for the corresponding geographical region takes into account presence of consumer-visited businesses located in the corresponding geographical region;
• wherein the overlay image includes an overlay of symbols with respect to representations of the multiple geographical regions, the symbols representing the physical infrastructure;
• wherein the overlay image includes a proposed location of the respective new wireless access point in the corresponding geographical region;
• and
• the method further comprising:
• selecting installation of the respective new wireless access point in the corresponding geographical region depending on a magnitude of the respective metric for the corresponding geographical region.

A system comprising:

• a hardware storage resource;
• and
• computer processor hardware coupled to the hardware storage resource, the computer processor hardware operable to:
• receive density information indicating an amount of mobile device usage in each of multiple geographical regions;
• receive an overlay image of network support infrastructure, the overlay image indicating locations of physical infrastructure available to support installation of wireless access points in the multiple geographical regions;
• utilize a combination of the density information and the overlay image of network support infrastructure to produce a respective metric for each of the multiple geographical regions, the respective metric indicating a desirability of installing a respective wireless access point in a corresponding geographical region;
• wherein the overlay image includes an overlay of symbols with respect to representations of the multiple geographical regions, the symbols representing the physical infrastructure;
• wherein the overlay image includes a proposed location of a respective new wireless access point in a corresponding geographical region;
• produce the respective metric for each of the corresponding geographical regions to take into account:
• i) subscription revenue received from subscribers operating mobile devices in the corresponding geographical region, and ii) costs of installing the respective wireless access point in the corresponding geographical region;
• and
• wherein the costs of installing a respective wireless access point in the corresponding region takes into account a distance between i) a location of a network resource as specified by the resource information and ii) a location of the respective wireless access point to be installed in the corresponding geographical region;
• and
• wherein the computer processor hardware is further operative to select installation of the respective new wireless access point in the corresponding geographical region depending on a magnitude of the respective metric for the corresponding geographical region.