{"id":16385,"date":"2018-06-22T07:40:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T06:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=16385"},"modified":"2018-06-22T07:44:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T06:44:26","slug":"winners-of-the-2018-connected-britain-awards-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/06\/winners-of-the-2018-connected-britain-awards-unveiled.html","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the 2018 Connected Britain Awards Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several ISPs (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a>) and UK fibre optic deployment projects (Digital Scotland) have won this year&#8217;s Connected Britain Awards 2018 (Total Telecom), which is an annual conference that has spent the past few days discussing future telecoms and broadband connectivity needs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The original shortlist was announced in May 2018 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/05\/broadband-isps-shortlisted-for-the-connected-britain-awards-2018.html\">here<\/a>) and all of the entries were then assessed by an &#8220;<em>expert panel of judges<\/em>,&#8221; which includes key figures from INCA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/pointtopic\" target=\"_blank\">Point Topic<\/a>, Total Telecom and a few other organisations. The awards themselves were then handed down this week and the results are now in.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Winners the Connected Britain Awards 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barrier Removal Award<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Barrier Removal Award celebrates those companies who have gone the extra mile to cut through the administrative red tape and fast track Britain\u2019s digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WINNER: The City of London (for their Standardised Wayleave Toolkit, which offered a practical solution to overcoming one of the most painful aspects pf service provisioning. )<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 HIGHLY COMMENDED: Tameside Digital Infrastructure Cooperative<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Improvement Award<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Community Improvement Award recognises those companies who have taken a decidedly local focus in their efforts to transform Britain\u2019s digital landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WINNER: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a> (for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> centric Connecting Chedworth project, which was just one of 60 similar projects carried out by the ISP last year)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital Skills Award<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Digital Skills Award recognises public-sector organisations or NGOs who have delivered a project based around skills improvement, aiding the community and safeguarding Britain\u2019s digital future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WINNER: The Good Things Foundation (for their Future Digital Inclusion programme)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fibre Connectivity Award<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Fibre Connectivity Award recognises the contribution of companies who are helping to change the landscape of Britain\u2019s broadband networks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WINNER: JT Group (for their ambitious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>\/H rollout on the island of Jersey)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 HIGHLY COMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Smart City Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WINNER: The City of Manchester and Cityverve<\/p>\n<p><strong>The IoT Award<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Internet of Things (IoT) is a driving force in the evolution of the UK\u2019s digital focus, promising to connect all things seamlessly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WINNER: F-Secure (for its SENSE security solution)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Superfast Award<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Superfast Award celebrates those companies who are willing to grab the bull by the horns and fast track Britain\u2019s digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WINNER: Fastershire (for supplying 121,000 gigabit connections to people living in rural areas across the UK)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 HIGHLY COMMENDED: Digital Scotland (for their excellent work in this category)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wireless Connectivity Award<\/strong><br \/>\nThis award looks at the wide array of innovative projects and strategies that are evolving wireless connectivity in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WINNER: The City of London (for their Gigabit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> project)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Admittedly it would have been nice if the press release had included a little bit more detail on each of the projects but some of them will already be familiar to our readers. However, the claim that the Fastershire project, which is supported by state aid (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bduk\" target=\"_blank\">Broadband Delivery UK<\/a> etc.) and is busy deploying faster broadband across Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, has supplied 121,000 &#8220;<em>gigabit connections<\/em>&#8221; came as a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>So far as we&#8217;re aware most of the connectivity that has been deployed by Fastershire reflects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) slower <strong>Fibre-to-the-Cabinet<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/vdsl\">VDSL2<\/a>) technology and only a little Gigabit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>, although several recent contract wins will see thousands more gaining access to FTTP in the future (mostly thanks to Gigaclear). So the 121K total would still appear to be counting slower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several ISPs (e.g. Gigaclear) and UK fibre optic deployment projects (Digital Scotland) have won this year&#8217;s Connected Britain Awards 2018 (Total Telecom), which is an annual conference that has spent the past few days discussing future telecoms and broadband connectivity needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[150],"class_list":["post-16385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-awards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Winners of the 2018 Connected Britain Awards Unveiled - 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