Wildanet named Broadband Provider of the Year at Connected Britain Awards 2024

Cornwall-based broadband provider Wildanet is celebrating being named Broadband Provider of the Year at the key telecoms industry event Connected Britain.

Wildanet claimed this highly prestigious accolade at the Connected Britain Awards held at the mid-point of the two-day Connected Britain event at the ExCel in London.

In one of the biggest nights of the year for the telecoms sector, the packed venue heard high praise from awards judges for the Liskeard-based AltNet (Alternative Network Provider), which is rapidly growing its Full Fibre broadband network in Cornwall and the South West, transforming connectivity for communities where it operates.

The Broadband Provider of the Year Award citation read: “Wildanet’s outstanding broadband services were truly impressive and stood out in an exceptionally competitive category.”

It’s a huge honour for Wildanet and the latest in a series of high-profile awards for the company, which earlier this year scooped the title of Best Rural Fibre Provider at the 2024 UK Fibre Awards in June.

Helen Wylde-Archibald, Wildanet CEO, collected the Connected Britain Award alongside Wildanet co-founder and Non-exec Director Paddy Paddison and Wildanet Head of Marketing Matt Greaves.

Helen said: “We are absolutely delighted to be named Broadband Provider of the Year at Connected Britain 2024. This award is recognition for the hard work, dedication, and passion of the entire Wildanet team and our shared commitment to delivering exceptional broadband services to communities that need it most.

“We’re proud to be a values-led business at the forefront of transforming connectivity in rural areas. This award provides further inspiration for us to continue our mission to overcome the digital divide, support our local communities and customers and ensure everyone has access to the opportunities provided by high-speed broadband, wherever they live.”

Wildanet has a growing reputation within the industry as a champion for digital inclusion. Its efforts on digital inclusion and sustainability have been recognised both regionally and nationally, at numerous industry awards, including winning the Sustainability Award at the Connected Britain Awards 2023 and more recently winning Best Sustainability Programme and Best Rural Fibre Provider at the 2024 UK Fibre Awards. Closer to home, Wildanet was awarded Most Sustainable Large Business at the Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2023.

In 2024 Wildanet became the first UK based AltNet (Alternative Network Provider) to become a Certified B Corporation, recognising the company’s commitment to operating as a force for good, prioritising sustainability, ethical practices and social responsibility as part of its successful ‘profit with purpose’ approach to business.

Earlier in the day at Connected Britain, Wildanet featured in a new film premiered at the event by ITN Business, taking an in-depth look at the development and roll out of digital infrastructure in the UK.

Digital Britain: Connecting the Nation, hosted by Duncan Golestani from the ITN London Studio, examines the huge importance to the UK economy of the digital sector, which in 2019 contributed nearly £151 billion to the economy and constituted nine per cent of the national workforce.

The programme features Wildanet among other key industry organisations which are playing a key part in the digital revolution and enabling connectivity regionally and nationally.

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