Connected Britain Reveals 2023 Broadband Award Winners

The annual Connected Britain Awards 2023 (Total Telecom) took place this week, which among other things saw full fibre provider brsk scoop both the coveted “Broadband Provider of the Year” and “Full Fibre ISP Innovation” awards, while Vodafone was named for the “B2B Service Provider of the Year” award.

All of the organisations that entered – spanning across various different categories – were assessed by a large panel of over 20 judges, which included key figures from various analyst firms, consultants, network operators, universities and various other companies or organisations with industry links.

The winner’s list doesn’t currently include a useful description of why each winner was chosen, although our regular readers should be able to guess most of them. But we should point out that Norfolk County Council won the Access Innovation Award for its work to connect remote and hard to reach villages to deliver superfast broadband via Starlink’s LEO satellites (the trial is being run in 10 village halls), which is then distributed to nearby homes via a fixed wireless network (FWA).

Winners of the Connected Britain Awards 2023

B2B Service Provider of the Year Award

WINNER: Vodafone Business UK

Highly Commended:  Pangea

Broadband Provider of the Year Award

WINNER:  Brsk Ltd 

Highly Commended:  Lightning Fibre

Digital Skills Award

WINNER: Dorset Council – Embedded digital champions

Enterprise Solution of the Year

WINNER: Vitruvi Software 

Project Rollout Award

WINNER: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and LCR Connect

Highly Commended: Truespeed

The Access Innovation Award

WINNER: Norfolk County Council

The Barrier Removal Award 

WINNER: Intelligens Consulting with with Renfrewshire Council

Highly Commended: CityFibre

The Community Improvement Award 

JOINT WINNER: Get Online London

JOINT WINNER: Greater Manchester Combined Authority – Get Online Greater Manchester: for care leavers

The Full Fibre ISP Innovation Award 

WINNER: Brsk Ltd

The Industrial Innovation Award

WINNER: Vodafone – 5G SA Slicing

The Smart Places Award

WINNER: Connected for Success: Welcome to Sunderland, City of Smart

The Wireless Innovation Award

WINNER: Quickline Communications

The Rising Star Award

WINNER: James Harris, Cable Giants Ltd

The Sustainability Award

WINNER: Wildanet

Startup of the Year Award

Finalists:

Artifeel

AssetHUB

Emu Analytics

Groundhawk io

Inteliports

Jetty

Lumilinks

SecHard

Stacuity

Weaver Labs