Connected Britain Reveals 2024 Broadband Award Winners
The annual Connected Britain Awards 2024 (Total Telecom) have once again taken place this week, which among other things saw full fibre and fixed wireless ISP Wildanet scoop he coveted “Broadband Provider of the Year” award, while Brsk won the “Full Fibre ISP Innovation Award” and CityFibre was named for the “Project Rollout Award“.
All of the organisations that entered – spanning across various different categories – were assessed by a large panel of judges, which included key figures from various analyst firms, consultants, network operators, universities and various other companies or organisations with industry links.
The final 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.
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Winners of the Connected Britain Awards 2024
Startup of the Year
WINNER: Connected
Finalists:
Appella AI
EV Mobiliti
Halleyx
Lumilinks
Polaris Safety
Qomodo
Thinking Machine
yWe Media
Zim ConnectionsB2B Service Provider of the Year Award
WINNER: PlatformX Communications (PXC)
Finalists:
CovertSwarm
Evolve B G Limited
NETS International
Texaport
ZAYO – Fibre BackhaulBroadband Provider of the Year Award
WINNER: Wildanet
Finalists:
Brsk
Fibrus Broadband
Lightning Fibre
Truespeed Communications
Wessex Internet
ZzoommDigital Council Award
WINNER: Coventry City Council
Finalists:
Cornwall Council
Glasgow City Council
Kent County Council
Norfolk County CouncilDigital Skills Award
WINNER: Wigan Council – TechMate digital skills initiative
Finalists:
Kent County Council – Digital Kent
Norfolk County Council – Tech Skills for Life
Three UK & Three Discovery – Power up the Possibilities
Trafford Council
We Are Group & Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesEnterprise Solution of the Year
WINNER: SONALAKE, pivOTS
Finalists:
Calix – Broadband Platform
Colt – Intent-based Networking Optimisation
Deepomatic – First Time Right Automation platform
Digitalnauts & HoloPlan
Evolve B G Limited
SuLe – SuLe Hub LimitedProject Rollout Award
WINNER: CityFibre
Finalists:
4 Fibre Limited
Freedom Fibre Ltd
NETS International
Openreach -Fibre Build plan
Virgin Media O2 & Deloitte – Smart Planning toolThe Access Innovation Award
WINNER: Boldyn Networks
Finalists:
ACOME Group – Nanomodule ultra lightweight (ULW) fibre cable
The AssetHUB Ltd
Network on Wheels via the The One Word Project – Partnership between Worcestershire County Council, Virtuser and Telet
Nokia – Corteca
Openreach – Scotland’s Fair Isle
Pangea Connected – Global cellular IoT connectivity solutionsThe Barrier Removal Award
WINNER: Glasgow City Council Telecoms Unit
Finalists:
4 Fibre Limited
Dalcour Maclaren – High Level Design review/ Land Rights Assessment
Freedom Fibre Ltd
MapAll – MapAll Blockages
Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Neath Port Talbot Councils – Digital Champions teams & Swansea Bay City Deal Digital Infrastructure ProgrammeThe Community Improvement Award
WINNER: Sunderland City Council – Digital Inclusion Programme supported by Boldyn Networks
Finalists:
BeFibre
Cefnogi’ community engagement programme
Coventry City Council – #CovConnects
Commsworld and SmartSTEMs: Inspiring The Next Generation
FibrusThe Full Fibre ISP Innovation Award
WINNER: Brsk
Finalists:
Grayshott Gigabit Limited – Gigabit IQ
ITS Technology Group
Ogi – Ogi Pro
Wifinity
ZzoommThe Industrial Innovation Award
WINNER: Blackline Safety
Finalists:
aql
INNO Instrument
M Group Services Telecom DivisionThe Wireless Innovation Award
WINNER: Blackspot Networks Ltd
Finalists:
Iris-iot Solutions Ltd
AWTG Ltd. – Mobile Private NetworkThe Rising Star Award
WINNER: Sophie Dunstan, Openreach
Finalists:
Alan Cutler, Home Unity
Jamie Sandles, V4 Cloud
James Armstrong, National Grid
Natalie Rowley, Truespeed Communications
Ramona McGarry, Coventry City CouncilThe Sustainability Award
WINNER: Openreach – Carbon Reduction Programme
Finalists:
Cable and Things – Sustainable Draw Rope
M Group Services’ Telecom Division
PlatformX Communications (PXC)
STL – EcoLabelled Methodology in OFC manufacturing
Technetix, in partnership with Virgin Media O2
TXO
Wildanet
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Interesting results and well done to the winners. I have been with Vigin Media since the days of blueyonder and never changed. Why? quite simply, no other ISP can offer the same speeds Virgin does through their current technology in my area. Also, there seems to be a lack of interest in investing in real or hybrid FTTP from anyone else, despite the fact the infrastructure is getting there. VM will I’m sure update at some point to FTTP for home users, but for the moment, I’m happy to stay with them.
Would it be too much to wonder how many live connections the finalists of the Broadband Provider of the Year award have?
!, the uptake of their claimed (potential) coverage – woudl be even better to to identify duplication of services, and their geographic coverage, i.e. their overal contribution as a geo % of the UK…
And how much getting to all the awards has cost, and how it benifits UK users, rather than ‘marketing’ material, to taxpayers and consumerss alike.
If a fop like HS2 is basically public purse, youd think a full overhaul of the pstn should just be a national network, rather than a picemeal fragnet of dozens of ‘profit’ expectors ?