Everything runs on connectivity.
Across the UK, engineers, field teams and operators build and run the networks and data centres that homes, businesses and public services depend on, and their work is only noticed when it stops.
The Telco Data Excellence Awards exist to recognise the people and organisations who keep the country connected.
Night shifts.
Storm repairs.
Finally, recognised.
Networks connect everyone. Their builders are rarely thanked.
A field engineer who restored a village's broadband in a storm.
An altnet that brought full fibre to a town everyone else ignored.
A data centre team that has not had an outage in years.
An analyst whose model spotted faults before customers did.
A charity that got hundreds of families online for the first time.
Telecoms people spend every day connecting other people.
This time the recognition is for them.
“We saw the work.”
“Thank you.”
From the street cabinet to the data hall.
Operators, broadband and network builders, data centres, engineers, field teams, analysts, customer teams and inclusion champions.
The Operator
A network customers can depend on.
The Engineer
The calm expert in every outage.
The Field Team
Out in every weather.
The Rising Star
Early in a telecoms career and already outstanding.
The Inclusion Champion
Getting everyone online.
Know a team or engineer who deserves to be seen?
Four ways to be recognised.
Networks and Operators
Operators, broadband providers, altnets, mobile innovation, MVNOs, business connectivity and rural connectivity.
Data and Infrastructure
Data centres, infrastructure projects, full fibre, telecoms data and analytics, network security and IoT.
Services and Customers
Customer experience, resellers, unified communications, contact centres and digital inclusion.
Telecoms People
Leaders, network engineers, field teams, rising stars, data professionals and diversity and inclusion.
Recognition that builds trust.
Pride for the team
Something every engineer can be proud of.
Credibility
Independent recognition customers and investors can see.
Talent attraction
Engineers want to join recognised teams.
Connections
Meet telecoms and infrastructure leaders from across the UK.
You do not need a national network.
Judges consider the size and stage of every business, so a regional altnet or a small reseller can win against a national operator.
Commercial figures can be given as ranges or percentages.
No customer data or sensitive security detail is needed.
What your work achieves matters more than the size of your network.
The question isn't:
“Are we big enough to win?”
A better question might be:
“Is our work making a difference?”
Recognition only counts when it is earned fairly.
The value of an award depends on the integrity behind it, so the way entries are judged should be clear before anyone enters.
Free to enter
Nominating and entering cost nothing. No category depends on buying a ticket, a table or a package.
Independent judging
Entries are scored by an independent panel, not by the organisers, working under a confidentiality agreement.
Read moreConflicts managed
Judges declare any conflict of interest and stand aside from the entries it touches.
Read moreSponsors support the awards. They never decide the results.
The best engineers never put themselves forward.
They say:
“I just fixed the fault.”
“The whole team built it.”
“That is what the network is for.”
And sometimes that is exactly why somebody else needs to say:
“They made the difference.”
“They deserve to be recognised.”
If you work with an engineer, team or provider like that, put their name forward. It takes a minute.
From a name to the night itself.
Discover
Find the award category that fits the achievement best.
Nominate
Put forward an engineer, a field team, a network project, a provider or your own business.
Tell the story
Share what was achieved, and the difference it made.
Judging
Eligible entries are judged against the published criteria.
Recognition
Finalists and winners are celebrated at the awards.
Connectivity is how everything else works.
Every network has a story.
Every connection has a moment.