Network Operators Named as Finalists for UK Fibre Awards 2025
The shortlist for the fourth annual UK Fibre Awards event, which is due to take place next month (5th June 2025) at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, has recently been released. The event sees various broadband ISPs and full fibre network builders across several categories pick up awards for their achievements.
The event, which appears to be quite similar to many existing industry award ceremonies (e.g. the ISPA Awards and Connected Britain), is currently being backed by telecoms / ICT centric media and event organisation firm BPL Business Media. Last year’s (2024) event saw Wildanet picking the award for ‘Best Rural Fibre Provider‘ and Brsk being named ‘Best Urban Fibre Provider‘, among others.
The winners for each category are typically chosen by a judging panel of six industry and IT experts (here), including various senior managers, analysts and so forth. But there’s not much to reflect the consumer perspective in this group, and no technical testing is performed.
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UK Fibre Awards 2025 – Shortlist
Best Rural Fibre Provider
County Broadband
Fibrus Broadband
Gigaclear
GoFibre
Highland Broadband
Quickline
Wessex InternetBest Urban Fibre Provider
2580 Group Ltd
4th Utility
MS3 Networks
toobBest Wholesale Fibre Provider
Elevate Wholesale
Freedom Fibre
MS3 Networks
Neos Networks
PXC
VeloxServ
Virgin Media Business Wholesale
Zayo EuropeBest ISP Partnership Award
Calix
MS3 Networks
OgiRollout Challenge Buster Award
4 Fibre
Cluttons
Up-Connect
Virgin Media O2
XantaroTake-Up Champion Award
4th Utility
Lightning Fibre
OgiFibre Sector Innovation (Deployment) Award
4 Fibre
Adtran
Deepomatic
Emtelle
Freedom Fibre
Glide
IQGeo
Omelcom
Virgin Media 02
XantaroFibre Sector Innovation (Support Service) Award
ACOME Group
Dalcour Maclaren
Fibre Café
Intuita Consulting
Linksys
Prodapt
TotalmobileBest Vendor/Supplier Award
4Fibre
Adtran
Cable & Things
CL Electrical Controls LTD (CLELEC)
NETS International Group
Prodapt
Totalmobile
UP-Connect
VETRO IncBest Business Services to the Fibre Community
Buyapowa
Calix
Cluttons
GoCardless
Intuita Consulting
NETS International Group
Up-Connect
XantaroM&A/ Investment Award
AllPoints Fibre
CityFbre
Fibrus
Hyperoptic
Netomnia
Ogi
ZzoommBest Sustainability Programme
BT Wholesale
Cable & Things
Earth Broadband
Freedom Fibre
MS3 NetworksDigital Inclusivity Award
Gigabit IQ
KCOMCommunity Champion Award
County Broadband
Gigabit IQ
GoFibre
KCOM
QuicklineBest Company to Work for
4th Utility
Dalcour Maclaren
GoFibre
L3 Optics
MS3 Networks
NETS International Group
Ogi
Telecom Acquisitions
Vorboss
Wessex InternetBest Training Development & Recruitment Programme
Dalcour Maclaren
The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP)
MS3 Networks
Ogi
QuicklineMarketing Team of the Year Award
4th Utility
Connect Fibre
Gigabit IQ
GoFibre
KCOM
Lit Fibre
NETS International Group
Ogi
PXC
Technetix
VeloxServ
VorbossSales/Commercial Team of the Year Award
4th Utility
AllPoints Fibre
Connect Fibre
Lightning Fibre
MS3 Networks
PXC
VeloxServService Delivery Team of the Year
Gigabit IQ
NETS International GroupExecutive Leadership Team of the Year Award
4th Utility
Cuckoo
MS3 Networks
Ogi
Telecom AcquisitionsOverall Fibre Provider of the Year
4th Utility
Connect Fibre
Cuckoo
Fibrus Broadband
KCOM
MS3 Networks
Ogi
Vodafone
Wessex Internet
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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It’s refreshing to see the same names within most of the categories.
Especially when they have been making significant redundancies or have capex/opex constraints.
If only ISP review managed to obtain how much each nominee has paid for a table at the awards … as it’s not free…
https://fibreawards.com
Table of 10
£3250.00
I laugh at best company to work for Wessex Internet from personal experience it’s far from it and the high turnover of staff will show you it’s 100% not the best!
I admire the altnet that serves my street even more for not wasting money on this.
God knows how or why County Broadband have been nominated in two categories!! They are truly awful at everything they do. Wonder why Truespeed haven’t been nominated at all….hmmm!
When you see only two providers in the Service Delivery Team of the year category, it really shows how confident the rest really are in their service…
But we’ve only had 4 months of 2025, how can they be judged on the 1st Q alone? Surely these should be the results of 2024 performance?
What on earth do they get at £325/head, a £25 pound meal and a lot of cash to the organisers?
Mark should hold a virtual event dish out awards online. Charge £50 per head and send them each a bag of popcorn to eat while they watch. Base the awards on some real tangible measurements and customer feedback and make them actually meaningful.
No Wightfibre????