Connected Britain Awards 2026

Winners 2026

We are delighted to announce the winners and highly commended entries for the Connected Britain Awards 2026! Congratulations to all of our incredible winners, shortlisted organisations, and industry pioneers driving the future of UK connectivity.

The winners were revealed live on stage during the Connected Britain Awards Ceremony at ExCeL London. Thank you to everyone who submitted, attended, and celebrated with us!

AI Innovation Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    SkillsBase Forge
  • ⭐ Highly Commended
    Zyxel One powered by Lifemote
  • Ericsson ADAP3.0 and WFO part of Managed Services
  • Salesforce Agentforce - Vodafone Business International
  • VIAVI Solutions - Digital Twin
  • Virgin Media O2 & IQGEO - NetLuxAI

Access Innovation Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    Emtelle – Rapid Customer Connect
  • Antevia Networks – 5G Shift Private Network Solution
  • CTG - Complete Technology Group
  • Technetix - Mira ORCA ONU
  • Virgin Media O2 - Project GigaSite

Barrier Removal Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    West Sussex County Council, OpenAccess West Sussex
  • Netgem PLEIO
  • Viberoptix

Broadband Provider Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    Connect Fibre
  • ⭐ Highly Commended
    Fibrus Broadband
  • 4th Utility | Rise
  • Lightning Fibre

Community Improvement Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    Littlegarth MicroBotics
  • ⭐ Highly Commended
    Wessex Internet
  • Connecting Cambridgeshire - Digital Hubs Grant Scheme
  • Financial Hardship Programme, Kent County Council
  • Founds Group - St Helens Borough Council
  • Oxfordshire County Council - Digital Infrastructure Programme team
  • Swansea Bay City Deal Digital Infrastructure Programme
  • WM5G in partnership with Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton City Councils

Customer Champion Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    Lightning Fibre
  • ⭐ Highly Commended
    4th Utility | Rise
  • Connect Fibre
  • JSM: Customer Reporting Suite for a leading pan-European fibre network operator
  • Wessex Internet

Data Centre Project of the Year

  • 🏆 Winner
    Advanced Power Technology and Schneider Electric
  • Virgin Media O2 - Canning Town Data Centre

Digital Skills Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    Norfolk County Council - Tech Skills for Life and Digital Skills Team
  • ⭐ Highly Commended
    Kent County Council, Medway Council and East Kent College Group
  • Bradford College
  • Cosmic
  • Littlegarth MicroBotics
  • Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Login LCR
  • The Hacking Games - HAPTAI
  • West Sussex County Council. Growing Sussex - Digital skills for future farming

Enterprise Solution Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    Antevia Networks – 5G Shift Private Network Solution
  • Comviva's NGAGE Enterprise Solution
  • HFCL Limited – IBR Microcable Portfolio
  • PacketFront Software Edition BECS Focus
  • SkillsBase and Openreach - Copper Cable ID Tool
  • Transatel (an NTT company) – Global IoT Connectivity

Indoor Connectivity Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    Wireless Infrastructure Group
  • Freshwave and GSK
  • Proptivity
  • Virgin Media O2

Infrastructure Builder of the Year

  • 🏆 Winner
    Viberoptix
  • Network Planning Solutions (NPS)
  • Virgin Media O2 - The Fibre Upgrade Programme

Mobile Service Provider of the Year

  • 🏆 Winner
    Virgin Media O2 - O2 Satellite
  • ⭐ Highly Commended
    VodafoneThree
  • Transatel MVNA/E Solutions

OSS/BSS Innovation of the Year

  • 🏆 Winner
    Virgin Media O2 - Challenger OSS
  • Ericsson
  • Incognito Software and DX Digital Experience solution
  • Lifecycle Software
  • MDS Global - Converged Monetisation Platform
  • VIAVI Solutions - Intelligent Incident Management

Public Sector Partner Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    iOpt & ng homes
  • Aico, Barrhead Housing & Glasgow City Region
  • Archangel Cloud Ltd
  • FarrPoint and West Sussex County Council - The Digital Impact Forecaster
  • RingCentral’s RingCX Cloud Contact Centre, for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
  • Spirit Public Sector Ltd for the Digital Places Programme

Public Sector Trailblazer Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    Scotrail
  • ⭐ Highly Commended
    Reaching 100% (R100) programme - The Scottish Government
  • Coventry City Council
  • Glasgow City Region
  • Kent County Council, Medway Council and East Kent College Group
  • North East Councils: North East Regional Mobile Signal Survey Initiative
  • Spirit Public Sector & Oxfordshire County Council
  • WM Together

Rising Star Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    Cameron Moir – GoFibre
  • ⭐ Highly Commended
    Emily Jones – TTB CircularIT
  • ⭐ Highly Commended
    Harry Turfrey – CityFibre
  • Hayley O'Brien – Founds Group
  • Mark Horgan – SkillsBase
  • Natalie Jubb – Digital Poverty Alliance
  • Laura Jenkins – Swansea Council
  • William Hallt – Wolverhampton City Council / WM5G

Startup of the Year

  • 🏆 Winner
    Zim Connection
  • HNIQ
  • Infrawatch
  • PWN & Patch
  • Vizgard
  • XMP

Strategic Deal of the Year

  • 🏆 Winner
    VodafoneThree

Sustainability Award

  • 🏆 Winner
    FRITZ! & Zen
  • Openreach
  • Zyxel Communications and Openreach, GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network)

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