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The Connected Britain Awards recognise the most significant and innovative organisations, solutions, and programmes that are shaping Britain’s digital future.
This year we’ve had a record number of entries across our 15 categories.
Join us at the end of Day One at Connected Britain when the winners will be revealed!
The full 2023 shortlist is as follows:
B2B Service Provider of the Year Award – Sponsored by Digital Infrastructure
Finalists:
Gigabit Networks
Giganet
ITS Technology Group
Pangea
Truespeed
Vodafone Business UK
Broadband Provider of the Year Award – Sponsored by VETRO
Finalists:
Brsk Ltd
Fibrus
Giganet
Lightning Fibre
Truespeed
Wessex Internet
Wildanet
Digital Skills Award
Finalists:
Dorset Council – Embedded digital champions
Innovation Nottinghamshire – 5G Careers Programme
Kent County Council (Digital Kent)
Lloyds Banking Group and We Are Digital
Vodafone Business & Enterprise Nation – business.connected
Enterprise Solution of the Year
Finalists:
Eseye Infinity IoT Platform
IFS Planning & Scheduling Optimization (PSO)
Jetty
Qualcomm Technologies, Wi-Fi 7 Networking Pro Series platforms
VETRO
Vitruvi Software
Project Rollout Award
Finalists:
CityFibre
County Broadband Ltd
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and LCR Connect
Lothian Broadband Networks (LBN)
Openreach
Truespeed
The Access Innovation Award
Finalists:
Avanti Communications
DexGreen Ltd
Lothian Broadband Networks (LBN)
Norfolk County Council
Scottish Water and Atos using Starlink
The Barrier Removal Award
Finalists:
CityFibre
Intelligens Consulting with with Renfrewshire Council
Kent County Council – Kent Wayleave Toolkit
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA)
Lothian Broadband Networks (LBN)
Trenches Law
The Community Improvement Award
Finalists:
Coventry City Council #CovConnects
FullFibre – Fibre Heroes’ Community Investment Fund
Get Online London
Greater Manchester Combined Authority – Get Online Greater Manchester: for care leavers
Ogi, ‘Cefnogi’ Community Fund
Sunderland City Council’s local connectivity shapes communities fit for the future
Three Discovery
Wildanet
The Full Fibre ISP Innovation Award – Sponsored by Calix
Finalists:
Brsk Ltd
Gigabit Networks
Giganet
Hey! Broadband
Hyperoptic
TalkTalk Wholesale Services
The Industrial Innovation Award
Finalists:
Dexgreen Ltd – Virtual Buddy Training App
Neutral Wireless – Private 5G Network Deployed for King Charles III’s Coronation
Prodapt OpenFibreXchange
Vodafone – 5G SA Slicing
Zeti Limited
The Smart Places Award – Sponsored by ITS
Finalists:
Connected for Success: Welcome to Sunderland, City of Smart
FarrPoint Western Isles IoT Project
Living Map Ltd
NYnet Ltd / North Yorkshire Council
Virgin Media O2 Business and partners. Greater Manchester Local Full Fibre Network programme
The Wireless Innovation Award
Finalists:
EdgeQ
Freshwave and the City of London Corporation
Jangala
Neutral Wireless – Private 5G Network Deployed for King Charles III’s Coronation
Quickline Communications
Scottish Water, Blackspot Networks and Atos
The Rising Star Award
Finalists:
Chris Founds, CJ Founds Associates
Franck Courbon, Ethicronics
Haseeb Ahmed, NETS International Ltd
James Harris, Cable Giants Ltd
Liam Ceaplen, Jetty
Phil Bairsto, Freedom Fibre
The Sustainability Award – Sponsored by euNetworks
Finalists:
FarrPoint Western Isles IoT Project
iLOQ Oy – iLOQ 5 Series Battery Free Locking Solution
KCOM
Openreach
Wildanet
Zayo: Zeus
Startup of the Year Award
Finalists:
Artifeel
AssetHUB
Emu Analytics
Groundhawk io
Inteliports
Jetty
Lumilinks
SecHard
Stacuity
Weaver Labs
Who will win? Find out at the end of Day 1 of Connected Britain 2022!