Network Operators Named as Finalists for UK Fibre Awards 2025 | ISPreview UK

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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.

UK Fibre Awards 2025 – Shortlist

Best Rural Fibre Provider

County Broadband
Fibrus Broadband
Gigaclear
GoFibre
Highland Broadband
Quickline
Wessex Internet

Best Urban Fibre Provider

2580 Group Ltd
4th Utility
MS3 Networks
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Best Wholesale Fibre Provider

Elevate Wholesale
Freedom Fibre
MS3 Networks
Neos Networks
PXC
VeloxServ
Virgin Media Business Wholesale
Zayo Europe

Best ISP Partnership Award

Calix
MS3 Networks
Ogi

Rollout Challenge Buster Award

4 Fibre
Cluttons
Up-Connect
Virgin Media O2
Xantaro

Take-Up Champion Award

4th Utility
Lightning Fibre
Ogi

Fibre Sector Innovation (Deployment) Award

4 Fibre
Adtran
Deepomatic
Emtelle
Freedom Fibre
Glide
IQGeo
Omelcom
Virgin Media 02
Xantaro

Fibre Sector Innovation (Support Service) Award

ACOME Group
Dalcour Maclaren
Fibre Café
Intuita Consulting
Linksys
Prodapt
Totalmobile

Best Vendor/Supplier Award

4Fibre
Adtran
Cable & Things
CL Electrical Controls LTD (CLELEC)
NETS International Group
Prodapt
Totalmobile
UP-Connect
VETRO Inc

Best Business Services to the Fibre Community

Buyapowa
Calix
Cluttons
GoCardless
Intuita Consulting
NETS International Group
Up-Connect
Xantaro

M&A/ Investment Award

AllPoints Fibre
CityFbre
Fibrus
Hyperoptics
Netomnia
Ogi
Zzoomm

Best Sustainability Programme

BT Wholesale
Cable & Things
Earth Broadband
Freedom Fibre
MS3 Networks

Digital Inclusivity Award

Gigabit IQ
KCOM

Community Champion Award

County Broadband
Gigabit IQ
GoFibre
KCOM
Quickline

Best Company to Work for

4th Utility
Dalcour Maclaren
GoFibre
L3 Optics
MS3 Networks
NETS International Group
Ogi
Telecom Acquisitions
Vorboss
Wessex Internet

Best Training Development & Recruitment Programme

Dalcour Maclaren
The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP)
MS3 Networks
Ogi
Quickline

Marketing Team of the Year Award

4th Utility
Connect Fibre
Gigabit IQ
GoFibre
KCOM
Lit Fibre
NETS International Group
Ogi
PXC
Technetix
VeloxServ
Vorboss

Sales/Commercial Team of the Year Award

4th Utility
AllPoints Fibre
Connect Fibre
Lightning Fibre
MS3 Networks
PXC
VeloxServ

Service Delivery Team of the Year

Gigabit IQ
NETS International Group

Executive Leadership Team of the Year Award

4th Utility
Cuckoo
MS3 Networks
Ogi
Telecom Acquisitions

Overall Fibre Provider of the Year

4th Utility
Connect Fibre
Cuckoo
Fibrus Broadband
KCOM
MS3 Networks
Ogi
Vodafone
Wessex Internet