diff --git a/application/Network/NetworkModel.php b/application/Network/NetworkModel.php
index b2aefe54a..251126ec5 100644
--- a/application/Network/NetworkModel.php
+++ b/application/Network/NetworkModel.php
@@ -82,7 +82,25 @@ class NetworkModel {
     }
     return null;
   }
-  
+
+  public static function count($filter = []) {
+    $db = FronkDB::singleton();
+
+    $where = self::getSqlFilter($filter);
+    $sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) as cnt FROM Network
+            WHERE $where
+            ";
+
+    mfLoghandler::singleton()->debug($sql);
+
+    $res = $db->query($sql);
+    if ($db->num_rows($res)) {
+      $data = $db->fetch_object($res);
+      return (int)$data->cnt;
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   public static function search($filter) {
     $items = [];
     $db = FronkDB::singleton();