Our discovery toolkit harnesses the power of AI to help map the UK's R&D telecoms ecosystem.
Free to use for all registered UKTIN users, our proprietary discovery tool helps you navigate and understand R&D capabilities and funding across the UK, saving you time and helping users join the dots across our complex sector in a way not previously possible.
Leveraging the power of large language models, the tool can instantly summarise vast amounts of raw data and deliver actionable insights, eliminating the need for specialised knowledge. Still got questions? Our AI assistant can help you finesse searches and interpret results.
Facilitating better understanding, easing identification of opportunities and smoothing the path to new partnerships.
Curated data resources
If you want to dive straight into individual data sources at your own pace, our curated collection of free-to-use data resources is designed to support you delve into capabilities and identify the different players in UK telecoms, whether you’re looking for established companies, academic institutions or the latest start-ups.
Our discovery toolkit can help:
- Investors seeking insights into hot topics and promising players
- Start-ups looking to identify potential academic collaborations
- Spin-outs who need to understand where funding opportunities exist
Aggregates data from other sources regarding research projects (includes EPSRC data). This database contains project information. Each entry has detailed information including names of the academic and industrial parters. It filters on: amount, region and category, also text search in the project titles. For example you can find all the projects with 5G in the title and see what organisations were involved in them.
Industry, academic, detailed information
ESPRC funds research projects. This is a database of all the projects. Each entry has detailed information including names of the academic and industrial parters. It filters on: location, theme, topic etc. For example find all the projects and partner organisations who have taken part in funded research on AI Technologies.
industry, academic, detailed information
This organisation supports innovation in the semiconductor area. This database contains a list of companies in the area. Each entry has details such as postcode, market, web site etc. It filters on: Location, technology and associated markets. For example you can find the fabricators based in the South-East that are working with photonics.
industry, semiconductors, detailed information
PLG are a collective in the photonics field. The data source includes over 1000 company names. The majority of items are just names but some contain more detailed information. It can be filtered on location, market, or detailed text search. For example show a clickable map of all companies working in the quantum area.
industry, academic, telecoms
UKRI evaluates academic research in the UK. This database contains academic organisations and covers all research areas, not just telecoms. Each entry has a rating and information about publications and staff. It filters on: discipline or region (Select HEI or UOA in the dark bar). For example you can find academic institutions in the North-West that are doing research in Computer Science.
academic, spreadsheet available
UKTIN supports innovation and commercialisation for UK telecoms. This database contains people and organisations in the area who have registered with UKTIN. Members manage their own profiles which can include: web site, region, people working there, text description, social media links. It filters on: technology, sector, region. Also alphabetic list and free-text name search. For example you can find all the registered companies working on Energy Efficiency in the Construction sector.
industry, academic, detailed information, telecoms
UKRI KEF helps academia transfer knowledge to companies. This database contains academic organisations. Each entry has a rating, overview of its relation to businesses and text descriptions. No filtering. For example you could find out how good a particular university was regarding its collaboration with businesses.
academic, no filtering, spreadsheet available
Digital Catapult is the UK authority on advanced digital technology. This data source contains organisations they have worked with. Each entry has a name and the programmes/projects they collaborated on. It filters on predefined themes: telecoms, startups, etc. For example, find the names of the companies that Digital Catapult worked with on AI projects, and descriptions of the projects.
industry, academic
Cambridge Wireless maintains a members register. This database contains companies involved in wireless, mobile, internet, semiconductors etc. Each entry has company information: description, web site, location, phone etc. It filters on: technology sector, alphabetic list, open text search. For example go through the web sites of member companies that work with antennas.
industry, detailed information, telecoms
Legal company registration service. This database contains details of 5 million companies in the UK. Each entry has data about the size and what the company does (SIC codes). Look companies up individually or download a spreadsheet of all companies. For example find all the small UK companies that are engaged in wireless telecommunications activities.
industry, detailed information, no filtering, spreadsheet available
