Connected Britain 2022 Reveals Broadband Award Shortlist

The annual Connected Britain Awards 2022 (Total Telecom) event is just around the corner and they’ve today published their short list of potential winners for this year, which sees various UK full fibre network builders and broadband ISPs being named across multiple categories (e.g. “Broadband Provider of the Year“).

Last year’s event saw UK ISP Hyperoptic pick up the win for the “Broadband Provider of the Year” category and CityFibre take home the “Project Rollout Award“, among others. As usual, the winners for 2022 will be unveiled at the event in London on 20th September 2022.

All the organisations that enter – spanning across various different categories – will be assessed by a large panel of 28 judges, which include key figures from Total Telecom, the UK Government, analyst firms, consultants, universities and various other companies or organisations with industry links.

Finalists of the Connected Britain Awards 2022

B2B Service Provider of the Year Award
BT Enterprise Managed Service
Comtec
Giganet
Glide Group
Netgem – Netgem TV managed service for ISPs
Pangea Connected

Broadband Provider of the Year Award
Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN)
Community Fibre Ltd
Giganet
Hyperoptic
Ogi
Zzoomm Full Fibre broadband

Digital Skills Award
BT Skills for Tomorrow
CityFibre
Good Things Foundation
Good Things Foundation – Nobody in the Dark
The Lloyds Banking Group Digital Helpline – in partnership with We Are Digital
Three Discovery
West Mercia Rural 5G project team

Enterprise Solution of the Year
Axiros GmbH
DexGreen Ltd – Virtual Buddy Artificial Intelligence Fault-Finder
FarrPoint. Mobile Coverage Mapping Solution
Fibrus Networks Ltd
Nokia, Vodafone UK & Kinected Solutions – Banshee Mobile Radio
Openreach, The University of Suffolk and Nokia Corporation
PSI Mobile – Implementation of multichannel automation processes
RouteThis Resolve
Vitruvi™ Software

Project Rollout Award
CityFibre
Mid Sussex District Council / Brighton and Hove City Council and West Sussex County Council – Digital Mid Sussex Connected Region
Netomnia Ltd
Ogi
Wessex Internet

The Access Innovation Award
5G RuralDorset
Infinera, XR Optics
Pangea Connected – Connecting 4,500 critical street furniture endpoints in urban notspots
Trench Networks Limited – Outpost Hybrid Mobile
WeLink Communications (UK) Ltd – Wireless Gigabit Broadband
West Mercia Rural 5G
WHP Telecoms

The Barrier Removal Award
BDUK, National Parks, Openreach & Trenches Law – National Parks Accord
Powys County Council
Trenches Law
Wessex Internet
West Mercia Rural 5G and Airband

The Community Improvement Award
4th Utility
Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN)
Community Fibre Ltd
Gigaclear
Westminster City Council and Community Fibre – Community Fibre Digital Ambassadors in Westminster
WHP Telecoms

The Full Fibre ISP Innovation Award
Giganet
Hyperoptic
Wessex Internet

The Industrial Innovation Award
5G RuralDorset
Keltech IoT
Pangea Connected – Migrating 4,500 critical street furniture endpoints before the PSTN switch-off
South Gloucestershire Council & Toshiba Europe Ltd, Bristol Research and Innovation Lab

The Smart Places Award
Dorset Council
Greater Manchester Combined Authority – Digital Exclusion Risk Index
Nottinghamshire County Council, Pioneering 5G in Sherwood Forest
South London Partnership InnOvaTe project – with DORIS care
Sunderland City Council and BAI Communications: Smarter Together

The Sustainability Award
BT’s ECO Programme
CityFibre
Glide Group
Keltech IoT the product name Dual Distributed Network
LightSpeed Broadband Ltd

Startup of the Year Award
ANGOKA
Curvalux
Entrust Smart Home Microgrid
Grayscale AI
Neuron Innovations
PLINX
PRAEFERRE
Spark Tools
Streetwave
Teragence