Fourteen IP

What Fourteen IP does

Fourteen IP is a UK-headquartered (Wigan) provider of voice and data solutions focused on the hospitality industry. Founded in 2008, the company delivers services, support, and integrated solutions tailored to hospitality operators, with a stated positioning around voice and data infrastructure for hotels and adjacent venues. The firm operates with a relatively small employee base of 51-100 and serves customers across the EMEA region.

The leadership team comprises founder and managing director Neil Tolley, chief technical officer Kevin Burgess, and chief financial officer Stephen Elliott, an indication of a tightly held operating structure. The only disclosed external capital event is a 2013 funding round of approximately $781,149 from Enterprise Ventures, suggesting a historically lean, self-funded or modestly-backed services business rather than a venture-scaled technology company. Product, technology stack, and pricing details are not disclosed in the available source material.

The company's most recent visible strategic activity is a co-sponsorship with IRECKONU of the HFTP CIO Summit EMEA 2026 at the W Amsterdam (April 16-17, 2026), including a circuit activity at Circuit Zandvoort, indicating continued engagement with the hospitality technology buyer community in EMEA. Source data does not provide customer logos, contract structures, pricing, certifications, or revenue figures, which materially constrains the depth of this assessment.

Name

Fourteen IP

Website

https://fourteenip.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Fourteen IP is a UK-based voice and data solutions provider focused on the hospitality industry across EMEA, offering services and support to hotel operators, with a headcount of 51-100.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Telecommunications

NAICS

Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (51711), All Other Telecommunications (5178)

SIC

Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (4813), Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Numbering, DID, Porting & Carrier-of-Record Services (HDAIAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Unified Communications & Collaboration Network Services (VoIP/QoS) (BPAEAEAI)

Keywords

• Hospitality telecommunications
• Voice data solutions
• Hotel connectivity services
• Unified communications hospitality
• Managed network services

Headquarters

HQ city

Wigan

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Fourteen IP is a voice and data solutions provider that delivers services, support, and solutions specifically tailored to the hospitality industry. The company enables hotel and hospitality operators to deploy and manage communications and connectivity infrastructure across their properties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Voice and Data Solutions
• Hospitality Support and Service Solutions

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IRECKONUcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 April 2026Fourteen IP and IRECKONU are co-sponsors of the HFTP CIO Summit EMEA 2026, scheduled for April 16-17, 2026, at the W Amsterdam. The two companies are coordinating the keynote and a circuit activity at Circuit Zandvoort, maintaining the summit's vendor-neutral, peer-driven format.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Mitel: Mitel provides unified communications, VoIP, and cloud communications with a well-known vertical focus on hospitality. Closely comparable to Fourteen IP's voice/data offering for hotels, with similar PBX/session border controller positioning.
• Wildix: Wildix is a European-headquartered UCaaS vendor with explicit hospitality vertical specialization (hotels, resorts, restaurants). Highly comparable in geography (EMEA), product (VoIP/UC), and customer type to Fourteen IP.
• Hoist Group: Hoist Group delivers hospitality-specific technology including connectivity, networks, and property-tech solutions across EMEA. Overlaps directly with Fourteen IP's hospitality voice/data services for hotels.

Broad incumbents

• RingCentral: RingCentral is a leading cloud UCaaS/contact-center platform selling to SMBs and enterprises including hospitality. A broader incumbent with overlapping voice/collaboration functionality but without Fourteen IP's hospitality specialization.
• 8x8: 8x8 provides cloud voice, team messaging, video, and contact-center as a service. Competes in the same UCaaS category as Fourteen IP, including in hospitality, though it targets a much wider market.
• Cisco (Webex): Cisco's Webex Calling and collaboration portfolio, often deployed via hospitality integrators, directly competes with specialist VoIP vendors in hotels. A large incumbent that pressures pricing across the category.
• Microsoft (Teams Phone): Microsoft Teams Phone and Operator Connect offer cloud telephony for enterprises including hotels. Increasingly relevant to hospitality procurement and a key competitive threat to niche UCaaS players.
• Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise: ALE provides communications, networking, and cloud services, with established deployments in hospitality and large venues. Broader portfolio but overlapping voice/data functionality for hotels.

Others

• IRECKONU: IRECKONU is a hospitality data and integration platform that has co-marketed with Fourteen IP at the HFTP CIO Summit EMEA 2026. Thematically related (hotel tech, EMEA) and a direct GTM partner, though not a voice/data competitor.

Emerging players

• Shiji Group: Shiji provides hospitality technology (PMS, POS, guest experience) and is expanding into broader hotel infrastructure and connectivity. A horizontal hospitality-tech peer that increasingly overlaps with the ecosystem Fourteen IP serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/14IP
• Facebookfacebook.com/fourteenip
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fourteenip-communications-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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