Business Telecoms & IT in Ely
SCG Solutions works with businesses across Ely, covered by Joshua Littman from Windsor. Cloud telephony, connectivity, business mobiles and network security, with the buying power of the Southern Communications Group behind them.
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Business in Ely
Ely is a small cathedral city serving a large fenland area, and the economy is proportionate to that: tourism around the cathedral, independent retail, professional practices, and an agricultural and food production economy across the fens that is considerably larger than the city itself. It is close enough to Cambridge that some technology and research employment spills over. There is light industrial space on the edges. The businesses are mostly small, and the surrounding fen sites are where the connectivity questions actually arise.
- Ely city centre
- the Lancaster Way business park
- the fenland agricultural catchment
Ely is covered by Joshua Littman, our partner based in Windsor.
01753 379394What we do for Ely businesses
Cloud Telephony
Hosted phone systems that work wherever your team does.
Microsoft Teams Calling
Turn Teams into your business phone system.
Managed Internet
Leased lines, broadband and connectivity that stay up.
Business Mobiles
Flexible mobile plans across every major UK network.
Network Security
Firewalls, monitoring and protection for your data.
Sectors we work with around Ely
- Retail in ElyConnectivity, tills and phones that keep trading when the line does not — from a single shop to a multi-site estate.
- Hotel & Hospitality in ElyGuest Wi-Fi, room phones and payments that hold up on a full weekend, with the back office kept safely apart.
- Logistics in ElyDepots that run around the clock, and vehicles that keep going after the office closes, need connectivity and voice built to stay up.
Ely — common questions
Our operation is out on the fens rather than in Ely. What is available out there?
It varies sharply and needs checking by address rather than by area. Fibre has reached some fen villages and not others; 4G with an external aerial does real work where it has not, and fixed wireless is often viable because the flat landscape gives line of sight that hillier areas do not. Flat country is one place where that genuinely helps.
We are a seasonal food business. Can capacity follow the harvest?
Yes, if it is arranged that way from the start. Licences and mobile connections can be added for the season and removed afterwards rather than being fixed for the year, and temporary staff added to the system for weeks at a time. Carrying peak capacity through a quiet winter is the avoidable cost here.
Often asked for around Ely
Based on the sectors that make up the local economy — not everything we do, just what tends to come up here.
- GSM ConnectivityAutomatic failover connectivity that keeps your business online when your primary connection go…
- Superfast BroadbandReliable, high-speed business broadband with speeds up to 900Mbps — backed by our UK-based supp…
- Business Wi-FiSurveyed, secured and fully managed Wi-Fi that covers every part of your site — offices, wareho…
- Evonex Hosted Cloud TelephonyA feature-rich hosted cloud telephony platform that puts you in control — call, message and col…
- Cyber SecurityComprehensive security solutions to protect your business from evolving cyber threats — from fi…
- The Big Switch OffThe UK copper phone network is being switched off in January 2027, and you can no longer buy or…
The 2027 switch-off affects Ely too. Every analogue and ISDN line in the UK stops working in January 2027. If you are not sure what that means for your lines, the detail is worth ten minutes.
Read about the switch-offEly sits within our wider coverage. These pages cover the same services across a broader area, with the towns beneath them.
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