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.
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 Connections
B2B Service Provider of the Year Award
WINNER: PlatformX Communications (PXC)
Finalists:
CovertSwarm
Evolve B G Limited
NETS International
Texaport
ZAYO – Fibre Backhaul
Broadband Provider of the Year Award
WINNER: Wildanet
Finalists:
Brsk
Fibrus Broadband
Lightning Fibre
Truespeed Communications
Wessex Internet
Zzoomm
Digital Council Award
WINNER: Coventry City Council
Finalists:
Cornwall Council
Glasgow City Council
Kent County Council
Norfolk County Council
Digital 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 Thames
Enterprise 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 Limited
Project Rollout Award
WINNER: CityFibre
Finalists:
4 Fibre Limited
Freedom Fibre Ltd
NETS International
Openreach -Fibre Build plan
Virgin Media O2 & Deloitte – Smart Planning tool
The 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 solutions
The 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 Programme
The 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
Fibrus
The Full Fibre ISP Innovation Award
WINNER: Brsk
Finalists:
Grayshott Gigabit Limited – Gigabit IQ
ITS Technology Group
Ogi – Ogi Pro
Wifinity
Zzoomm
The Industrial Innovation Award
WINNER: Blackline Safety
Finalists:
aql
INNO Instrument
M Group Services Telecom Division
The Wireless Innovation Award
WINNER: Blackspot Networks Ltd
Finalists:
Iris-iot Solutions Ltd
AWTG Ltd. – Mobile Private Network
The 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 Council
The 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