Winners of the Mobile Industry Awards 2026 Announced

The annual Mobile Industry Awards event for 2026 was held last week at the Royal Lancaster in London, which among other categories saw Sky Mobile being named the ‘Best MVNO‘ (virtual) operator, while Lebara won the ‘Best SIM Only Network‘ and O2 Satellite was named ‘Innovation of the Year‘.

As usual, this is one of those industry events where the shortlists for each of the categories are all judged by a panel of 19 people who either work directly within or alongside the same industry, with no real consumer representation. Well done to all the winners, but take the results with a pinch of salt.

Mobile Industry Award Winners 2026

• Innovation of the Year Product or Service O2 Satellite
• Best Mobile Service & Solution Provider plan.com
• Best Wholesale Service & Solution Provider sponsored by BusinessMobiles.com VodafoneThree Wholesale
• Best Mobile/Gadget Insurance Service Asurion
• Best Repair Service The Big Phone Store
• Best Recycling and Refurbishing Service Mazuma Mobile
• Distributor of the Year ege
• Sales Team of the Year Belkin UK Sales Team
• Best Place to Work (under 1,000 employees) BusinessMobiles.com
• Best Place to Work (over 1,000 employees) Tesco Mobile
• Best Customer Service (Consumer) VodafoneThree
• Best Customer Service (Business) Pure Communication Group
• Marketing Campaign of the Year Lebara Mobile – The Smarter Choice
• CSR Initiative of the Year Samsung Solve for Tomorrow
• Sustainability Initiative of the Year Likewize Circular Device Lifecycle Services
• Retailer of the Year (High Street and Online) EE
• Best MVNO sponsored by eROAMING eSIM Sky Mobile
• Best eSIM Provider SureSIM
• Best SIM Only Network sponsored by Sky Mobile Lebara Mobile
• Accessory Manufacturer of the Year Motorola
• Smartphone Manufacturer of the Year sponsored by Lebara Samsung
• Best Network for Business BT & EE
• Best Network for Consumers sponsored by Likewize VodafoneThree
• Team of the Year Virgin Media O2 CTO Team
• Person of the Year Max Taylor, CEO, VodafoneThree
• Future Stars in association with VodafoneThree:
• Lydia McGann, The Big Phone Store
• Sam Deans, Pure Communications
• Imogen Baldie, Likewize
• Paris Tilsley