As the digital world advances, telecoms will play a key role as the UK looks to innovate and modernise. With a commitment to deliver gigabit-capable, reliable, and far-reaching digital infrastructure, the UK government aims to ensure that high-quality connectivity is available nationwide. This is expected to spark substantial improvements across key sectors and reinforce advancements across multiple industries.

Central to the success of these efforts, however, is the industry’s ability to better harness location data.

Location: a foundational resource for telecoms infrastructure projects

Location data is a powerful tool. If something didn’t exist yesterday needs to tomorrow, there is a very good chance we will need to know where it will exist, how, and if anything is going to get in the way or cause a problem later down the line.  In a nutshell, that is why location data is the foundation from which a network, and ultimately our broadband connections are created. This data underpins strategic decision making from the high-level design of a network to the physical build, through to its ongoing maintenance, crucially ensuring that the network stays operational and field teams stay safe….