Connected Britain’s 2021 Broadband Award Winners Named

The Connected Britain Awards 2021 (Total Telecom) event last night revealed the winners of this year’s competition, which for example saw broadband ISP Hyperoptic pick up the win for the “Broadband Provider of the Year” category and CityFibre take home the “Project Rollout Award“.

All the organisations that entered – spanning across various different categories – were assessed by a panel of sixteen judges, which included key figures from the Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG), Total Telecom, the UK Government, analyst firms, consultants and various other companies with industry links.

The winners were revealed at an event in London last night, which was the first time the annual Connected Britain conference had taken place since the COVID-19 crisis began. At the time of writing, we haven’t yet been sent the usual description for why each operator or company won their respective awards, but that should soon follow and some you can guess.

Winners of the Connected Britain Awards 2021

The 5G Initiative Award
WINNER: 5G RuralDorset

Shortlist:
5G RuralDorset
BT
Mobile UK
Vodafone UK
West Midlands 5G
Westminster City Council & Ontix

The Barrier Removal Award
WINNER: 5G RuralDorset

Shortlist:
5G Rural Dorset
County Broadband
IPification
KORE
Mobile UK
St Mungo’s
West Midlands 5G

Community Improvement Award
WINNER: St Mungo’s

Shortlist:
AbilityNet
BDUK
CommunityFibre
Hyperoptic
JT Group
Pangea Connected
St Mungo’s
Vodafone
Zyxel Communications

Digital Skills Award
WINNER: St Mungo’s

Shortlist:
The Open University
DG Cities
St Mungo’s
West Midlands 5G

Smart City Initiative Award
WINNER: West Midlands 5G

Shortlist:
West Midlands 5G
Westminster City Council & Ontix

The IoT Award
WINNER: Norfolk County Council

Shortlist:
IoT Solutions Group
Norfolk County Council
O2 Smart Metering
Pangea Connected
Vodafone

The FWA [Fixed Wireless Access] Award
WINNER: Freshwave

Shortlist:
ADTRAN
Freshwave
Ontix

The Sustainability Award
WINNER: 5G RuralDorset

Shortlist:
5G RuralDorset
BT
JT Group
O2

Project Rollout Award
WINNER: CityFibre

Shortlist:
BDUK
CityFibre
CommunityFibre
KCom
Openreach & Nokia
Truespeed

The Full Fibre ISP Innovation Award
WINNER: ITS Technology Group

Shortlist:
Community Fibre
Full Fibre
Giganet
Glide
Hyperoptic
ITS Technology Group
KCOM
Truespeed
Zzoomm

B2B Service Provider of the Year
WINNER: Glide

Shortlist:
IPification
Zzoomm Full Fibre Broadband
Glide
Pangea Connected
BT
Giganet

Digital Council of the Year
WINNER: Sunderland City Council

Shortlist:
Sunderland City Council
Dorset Council
Surrey County Council
Worcestershire County Council

Broadband Provider of the Year
WINNER: Hyperoptic

Shortlist:
Hyperoptic
CommunityFibre
Giganet
Airband