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1992
FOUNDING OF THE COMPANY
COMPANY FOUNDED
Michael Grainger left his job as an engineer for BT and took the leap to set up his own business, Ely Telecom
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1993
CLIENT WIN
ELY CATHEDRAL PROJECT
Ely Telecom secures Ely Cathedral as a client for a major project.
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1993
TEAM EXPANDS
STUART GRAINGER JOINS AS AN APPRENTICE
Son of Michael, Stuart, joins the business as an apprentice engineer
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1994
OFFICE EXPANSION
ELY TELECOM OUTGROWS THE GARAGE
Ely Telecom outgrow the family home's garage and expand into two further outbuildings in the garden.
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1996
CLIENT WINS
ELY TELECOM WIN MORE BUSINESS
As business booms, Ely Telecom secure repeat business with Ely Cathedral to install a new fibre and copper infrastructure across the Ely Cathedral Estate
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2000
NEW PROJECT WIN
ELY TELECOM WIN CAT5E PROJECT
Ely Telecom win a 1500 cat5e network cabling project at Cambridge Science Park
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NEW PRODUCT INSTALL
ELY TELECOM SECURE THEIR FIRST IPCCTV PROJECT
Ely Telecom secure their first IP CCTV installation project for Cambridge University with 25 Axis IP CCTV Cameras
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2005
NEW AV DIVISION
ELY TELECOM EXPAND INTO AUDIO VISUAL
Ely Telecom expand into the audio visual market and secure their first project installing 30 smart interactive boards and 30 projectors for Witchford Village College
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2006
OFFICE EXPANSION
FIRST OFFICE UNIT OPENS
Ely Telecom has outgrown the family home, and moves into a professional business unit just outside of Ely.
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2008
FWD IP SECURITY IS LAUNCHED
FWD IP EXPANDS INTO SECURITY SERVICES
After an increase in demand for security systems, FWD IP branch out to offer a range of security installs for businesses across East Anglia.
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2010
RETIREMENT
MICHAEL GRAINGER RETIRES
After 18 years building the business up, Michael retires from full time duties and hands over to his son Stuart who takes on the role of Managing Director.
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2014
COMPANY REBRAND
ELY TELECOM REBRANDS TO FWD IP
After two decades as Ely Telecom, MD Stuart decides to re-brand the business to FWD-IP to reflect the new services the business offers.
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2017
NEW PRODUCT INSTALL
FIRST NOKIA POL INSTALLATION
FWD-IP are the first business to install Nokia's Passive Optical Lan (POL) system across Europe.
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2018
NEW CLIENT WIN
FWD IP WINS PROJECT WITH ST.JOHNS COLLEGE
FWD-IP win a major project to install 240 cat6a network and wireless access points across the student accommodation for St.John's College, Cambridge.
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2020
FWD IP WIN PROJECT WITH LEADING FIBRE COMPANY
FWD-IP win a pilot project rolling out fibre to home connectivity for a leading fibre provider.