Linked Britain Awards Winners 2022

We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Linked Britain Awards 2023, celebrating excellence all through the UK’s connectivity trade and past.

The winner of every award will be discovered beneath, alongside the judges’ commentary.

 

B2B Service Supplier of the Yr

Winner: Pangea Linked

Extremely counseled: Giganet B2B Service

“The judges known as this an essential set of IoT companies for the trade, with clear proof of consumers’ issues being taken under consideration throughout design. 

With nice buyer retention and NPS rating demonstrating glorious customer support, it is a service that’s thriving in a aggressive, high-growth a part of the trade.”

 

Broadband Supplier of the Yr

Winner: Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN)

“The winner on this class has at all times had a dedication to ‘depart no-one behind’ and ship high quality service in difficult rural areas by way of group engagement. 10 years after connecting their first clients, this firm appears sustainable – and now even scalable. 

One choose known as this firm “a number one gentle within the fibre trade”, with their entry displaying nice proof of wonderful customer support, revolutionary packages, and efficient native partnerships beneath Council degree.’”

Digital Abilities Award

Winner: BT Abilities for Tomorrow

Extremely counseled: Good Issues Basis

“The winner on this class demonstrated a various programme alprepared having a large affect throughout the UK, with an ambition to go significantly additional by 2026. It is a venture reaching many diversified communities, together with dad and mom, youngsters, job seekers, the aged, weak individuals, and even small companies, bringing main advantages to communities on a nationwide degree.”

 

Enterprise Answer of the Yr

Winner: Nokia, Vodafone UK & Kinected Options – Banshee Cell Radio

“The winner of this model new award featured a very attention-grabbing and revolutionary set of partnerships, bringing collectively an essential resolution for humanitarian catastrophe. This collaboration between the armed forces and expertise corporations has produced a complicated and quickly deployable cell personal community.”

Challenge Rollout Award

Winner: CityFibre

“The winner of this award introduced the judges with strong proof of their quite a few initiatives, which included bettering deployment, deliverability, community high quality, and acceleration of their fibre rollout. 

One choose described the profitable firm as ‘trailblazers in rolling out gigabit connectivity’, whereas one other famous the corporate’s ‘excellent progress to develop into the #2 UK community’.”

The Entry Innovation Award

Winner: 5G RuralDorset

“Judges described the winner of this model new award of getting “ground-breaking concepts for addressing attain difficult-to-reach coastal and offshore areas”, backed up by an amazing case examine with spectacular outcomes. 

One Decide went as far as to say that comparable rural areas within the UK ought to look to the winner of this class as a job mannequin within the discipline of entry innovation.”

The Barrier Elimination Award

Winner: Trenches Regulation

“One other robust class right here, with the winner demonstrating unbelievable innovation to a long-standing handbook course of, quickly accelerating some of the important obstacles to connectivity, with tangible advantages to its customers. 

On the subject of wayleaves, one of many greatest obstacles to infrastructure deployment within the UK, this firm has develop into unbeatable.”

The Group Enchancment Award

Winner: Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN)

“The Linked Britain judges had been stuffed with compliments for this firm’s entry, with one describing it as ‘a legendary scheme that exhibits interact communities by way of volunteering to construct out a future-proofed community.’ 

This firm is famed for serving to rural communities to take connectivity issues into their very own palms.”

The Full Fibre ISP Innovation Award

Winner: Wessex Web

“This was a extremely aggressive class with a myriad of entrants from everywhere in the nation.  

The winner right here informed an amazing story, supported by complete proof, displaying how a profitable rural ISP will be grown to unravel some of the difficult issues in rolling out fibre to rural areas.” 

The Industrial Innovation Award

Winner: South Gloucestershire Council & Toshiba Europe Ltd, Bristol Analysis and Innovation Lab

“The winner on this new class introduced an essential contribution in stimulating expertise improvement, enterprise start-ups, and progress. 

By creating one of many world’s largest open, programmable, good metropolis and industrial IoT testbeds, the winner of this award continues to drive innovation within the journey in the direction of Trade 4.0.” 

The Sensible Locations Award

Winner: South London Partnership InnOvaTe venture – with DORIS care

“The Sensible Locations Award winner showcased a wonderful venture that has deployed IoT options at scale, creating actual affect for native authorities. 

Tackling actual world issues for individuals throughout their goal area, the profitable entry was even proven to be saving lives by way of their spectacular use of the IoT.”

The Sustainability Award

Winner: BT’s ECO Programme

“The winner of this essential award demonstrated a broad number of sustainability initiatives, together with recycling e-waste at scale and a deeper engagement with the round economic system.  

The venture recycled over 2,500 tonnes of apparatus final yr, with the judges saying that the corporate’s total strategy and understanding of those points ought to be applauded.”

Startup of the Yr Award

Winner: Curvalux

In contrast to the opposite awards, which had been chosen by the judges weeks upfront, the brand new Startup of the Yr Award was determined on the Linked Britain convention itself. Ten shortlisted startups had been invite to pitch their services and products on to a panel of 4 judges dwell on the occasion, with the judges scoring on quite a lot of metrics, together with creativity, scalability, and real-world affect.

“Curvalux has developed and deployed a patented multi-beam expertise that pushes the envelope on present options and improves connectivity in suburban and rural areas, in addition to enabling FWA. Their power environment friendly options and expertise in each Cell and Satellite tv for pc connectivity and discipline trials with MNO’s and ISP’s in US, Africa, Latin America, and Asia will assist join the three.2 billion unconnected and poorly related populations worldwide and allow digital companies corresponding to training, healthcare and communication with family and friends.”