The shortlist for the third annual UK Fibre Awards event, which is due to take place next month (6th June 2024) in London, has today been released. The event usually sees various broadband ISPs and full fibre network builders across several categories pick up awards for their achievements.
The event, which is arguably a bit too similar to existing industry award ceremonies (e.g. from the ISPA and Connected Britain), is typically backed by telecoms / ICT centric media and event organisation firm BPL Business Media.
The winners for each category are then chosen by a judging panel of six industry and IT experts (here), including various senior managers, analysts and so forth. Sadly, there’s not much to reflect the consumer perspective in this group and no technical testing is performed.
The full shortlist of potential winners for 2024 can be found below, which this year includes three new categories – ‘Sales/ Commercial Team of the Year’, ‘Marketing Team of the Year’, and ‘Executive Leadership Team of the Year’. But we are a little surprised to see that Netomnia and a few others aren’t listed in any of the categories, while a number of other operators, including those that could be said to have had a rocky 2023/24, do get a listing. Such is life with these things.
UK Fibre Awards 2024 – Shortlist
Best Rural Fibre Provider
Fibrus
Gigaclear
Openreach
Quickline Communications
Wessex Internet
Wildanet
Best Urban Fibre Provider
4th Utility
Brsk
G.Network
Lightning Fibre
MS3 Networks
toob
Best Wholesale Fibre Provider
CityFibre
Freedom Fibre
FullFibre
Giacom
Gigabit Networks
MS3 Networks
Neos Networks
PXC
Voip Unlimited
Rollout Challenge Buster Award
4Fibre
Freedom Fibre
NETS International
Sitec Infrastructure Services
Best Fibre Innovation Award
4Fibre
ACOME
Calix
Circet UK
D&A Commercial Cleaning Ltd
Openreach
Prodapt
Telenco UK
Xantaro
Best Vendor/Supplier Award
Access Hire Nationwide
CL Electrical Controls
D&A Commerical Cleaning Ltd
Daclour Maclaren
Fibre Networking Solutions
Intuita Consulting
NETS International
Pulse Networks
Sitec Infrastructure Services
VETRO
Xantaro
Best Business Services to the Fibre Community
Blabbermouth
Calix
Daclour Maclaren
Deecon Consulting
Eighty20 Risk
GoCardless
Up-Connect
M&A Deal of the Year Award
Freedom Fibre
nexfibre
toob
Best Sustainability Programme
Cable and Things
Earth Broadband
MS3 Networks
Wildanet
Best OTT Service
Greyshott Gigabit
Octaplus Networks
Voiceflex
Best Community Support Project
County Broadband
Freedom Fibre
Grayshott Gigabit
Quickline Communications
Sitec Infrastructure Services
Best Company to Work for
Brsk
Circet UK
Connect Fibre
MS3 Networks
NETS International
nexfibre
PXC
Telecom Acquisitions
Virgin Media Business
Vorboss
Marketing Team of the Year Award
Brsk
Giacom
Gigaclear
Grayshott Gigabit
Lightning Fibre
MS3 Networks
Ogi
Quickline Communications
Vodafone
Wildanet
Sales/Commercial Team of the Year Award
LilaConnect
Quickline Communications
Wildanet
Executive Leadership Team of the Year Award
Brsk
Freedom Fibre
Home Telecom
MS3 Networks
Ogi
Overall Fibre Provider of the Year
Brsk
Connect Fibre
Freedom Fibre
FullFibre
MS3 Networks
nexfibre
toob
Vodafone
Wessex Internet
Wildanet
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