The UK’s Industrial Strategy focuses on AI, semiconductors, telecoms, cloud, and data infrastructure to drive national competitiveness. Fibre, 5G, and data centres are key to economic security and industrial leadership. Local Authorities can align regional strategies with national priorities, while Investors and Operators are encouraged to scale investments. Intelligens Consulting helps with digital strategy alignment, infrastructure planning, and securing funding.

Even a 1% productivity boost across UK SMEs could unlock £94 billion over five years. Digital tools—like AI, automation, and advanced connectivity—are key to driving growth, efficiency, and resilience. Local authorities and enterprise agencies can lead this transformation by delivering tailored support that helps SMEs adopt and scale the right technologies. Now is the time to act and unlock the digital dividend for local economies.

Discover how local authorities can leverage digital infrastructure investments to improve public services and boost economic growth.

In this Webinar, we discuss how we have enabled public bodies to become smart connected places, through digital infrastructure investment an

Explore key trends in UK telecoms mergers and acquisitions, highlighting strategic expansions, investments, and collaborations in the fibre.

The Automated Vehicles Bill, introduced to the UK Parliament in February 2024, marks a significant milestone in the evolution of...

We outline the five key lessons learned and how local authorities can rapidly unlock digital investment.

In 2017, Openreach announced its decision to retire its aging, legacy copper telephony network commencing with the switch-off of Public...

I was invited by Connected Britain in September this year to moderate a panel on building a business case for 5G. This article touches on...

Iqbal Singh Bedi, Founder and Consulting Director of award-winning telecoms and smart city advisor Intelligens Consulting recently had...

I recently had the privilege of hosting a panel discussion at the inaugural Connected North event in Manchester explore the future case...

Telecoms expert and smart city advisor Intelligens Consulting is celebrating a new commission on 5G and tourism.

Infographic that summarises the key benefits to local authorities of mapping public assets digitally based on our previously published...

The department for Digital, Communications, Media, and Sport (DCMS) has recently launched a GBP 4 million competition to make it easier...

The UK Government has allocated GBP 30 million as part of a competition to turn the UK into a leading global destination for developing...

Megan Haining, a fashion design graduate who gained experience in marketing through the fashion industry, now digital marketing executive...

Our 5G Barrier Busting article wrapped up and summarised into a short video.

Although 5G is coming it is no longer the goldrush that many analysts predicted towards the end of the last decade.

The term ‘barrier busting’ describes a set of initiatives that public bodies can implement to support the investment case for 5G small...

As telecoms consultants we get exposed to a broad range of clients giving us a real-time pulse of what is happening in the telecoms...