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The shortlist for the fifth annual UK Fibre Awards event, which will take place next month (4th June 2026) at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel, has 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 is similar to many existing industry award ceremonies (e.g. the ISPAs and Connected Britain), is currently being backed by telecoms / ICT centric media and event organisation firm BPL Business Media. Last year’s (2025) event saw Gigaclear picking up the ‘Best Rural Fibre Provider’ award and MS3 winning for ‘Best Overall Fibre Provider’ (they scooped several wins), among various other winners.

The winners for each category are typically chosen by a judging panel of eight 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 2026 – Shortlist

Best Rural Fibre Provider

• Cambridge Fibre Networks
• Connect Fibre
• Fibrus
• Gigaclear
• GoFibre
• Quickline Communications
• Truespeed
• Wessex Internet

Best Urban Fibre Provider

• 4th Utility | Rise
• Cambridge Fibre Networks
• MS3 Networks
• Ogi

Best Wholesale Platform

• AllPoints Fibre Networks
• BT Wholesale
• Freedom Fibre
• ITS
• MS3 Networks
• Neos Networks
• PXC
• Voip Unlimited
• Zen Internet

Take-Up Champion Award

• 4th Utility | Rise
• Cambridge Fibre Networks
• MS3 Networks
• NETS International

Best Customer Experience

• Cambridge Fibre Networks
• Connect Fibre
• giffgaff
• Gigaclear
• Grain Connect
• Lightning Fibre
• MS3 Networks
• NETS International
• Quickline Communications
• Wessex Internet

Best ISP

• 4th Utility | Rise
• Squirrel Internet

Best Hardware Supplier

• Sterlite Technologies
• Technetix Group

Best Software Supplier

• Buyapowa
• Calix
• Edgematics Group
• IQGeo
• Strategic Imperatives

M&A / Investment Award

• Freedom Truespeed Group
• Grain Connect
• Netomnia
• Vodafone Three
• Wessex Internet

Best Sustainability Programme

• FRITZ!
• giffgaff
• Omelcom

Community Champion Award

• 4th Utility | Rise
• Cambridge Fibre Networks
• Gigaclear
• GoFibre
• Lightning Fibre
• MS3 Networks
• Quickline Communications
• Wessex Internet

Best Professional Services

• GOS Consulting
• Intec Microsystems
• NETS International
• Trenches Law

Best Company to Work for

• 4th Utility | Rise
• Cambridge Fibre Networks
• Dalcour Maclaren
• Fibrus
• GoFibre
• L3 Optics
• NETS International
• Ogi
• VEA Group
• Virgin Media Business Wholesale
• Vorboss

Best Training Development & Recruitment Programme

• Cable Telecommunications Training Services
• Dalcour Maclaren
• NETS International

Marketing Team of the Year Award

• 4th Utility | Rise
• Connect Fibre
• Fibrus
• Netomnia
• NETS International
• Truespeed
• Wessex Internet

Sales/Commercial Team of the Year Award

• 4th Utility | Rise
• Connect Fibre

Delivery Team of the Year

• Freedom Fibre
• Lightning Fibre
• MS3 Networks
• NETS International
• VEA Group
• Zen Internet

Executive Leadership Team of the Year Award

• 4th Utility | Rise
• Ogi
• VEA Group

Best Innovation

• Emtelle
• Groundhawk
• Intec Microsystems
• Netgem
• NETS International
• Strategic Imperatives
• Technetix Group
• Voiceflex
• Xantaro

Best Overall Fibre Provider of the Year

• 4th Utility | Rise
• Freedom Fibre
• giffgaff
• Grain Connect
• MS3 Networks
• Vorboss

Source: https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2 ... named.html