ITP Telecoms Awards Finalists 2026
For 19 years, the ITP Telecoms Awards have celebrated excellence, achievement and innovation across the telecommunications industry, recognising the outstanding individuals, teams and organisations helping to shape its future.
We are delighted to announce the finalists for this year’s ITP Telecoms Awards and congratulate everyone who has been shortlisted.
Our awards are supported by an independent judging panel of 12 respected industry professionals, bringing together a broad range of knowledge, expertise and experience from across the telecommunications sector.
Judges are carefully selected for each individual award category based on their relevant expertise. This ensures every entry is assessed by professionals with a strong understanding of that particular field, while maintaining the independence, impartiality and integrity of the judging process.
We would like to thank all of this year’s entrants, our judging panel and everyone who continues to support the ITP Telecoms Awards.
We look forward to welcoming our finalists and guests and announcing the winners at the ITP Telecoms Awards Ceremony on Thursday 8th October 2026.
Dress Code: Black Tie
We wish all of our finalists the very best of luck and look forward to celebrating an exceptional evening of achievement, innovation and excellence across the telecommunications industry.
Headline Sponsor
Cluttons is a real asset advisory business that creates value for its clients by broadening traditional infrastructure, commercial and residential property advice for a future-facing market. It continues to grow its industry leading focus on digital connectivity, energy transition, and the route to net zero.
Cluttons delivers the full range of property consultancy services including property management, valuation, building consultancy, commercial and residential estate agency, corporate occupier services, business rates, and lease advisory.
Silver Sponsor
VodafoneThree is the UK’s largest mobile network, formed by the merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK, with full ownership now held by Vodafone Group.
VodafoneThree are investing £11 billion in their mission to build the UK’s best network. This will help them transform connectivity for every home and business across the nation, powering the UK’s digital future by creating a platform for innovation and next-generation technology.
Award Categories
Company Awards
Best Company to Work For
Finalists
Green IP
VMO2
Cornerstone
Outstanding Community or Charity Initiative
Finalists
Mast and Tower Safety (MATS) Group
Meserani Warriors - Cross-Industry Initiative
Cornerstone
Individual Awards
Apprentice of the Year
Finalists
Advanced
Bradley Scaife - Royal Signals
Callum Thompson - VMO2
Jay Kincaid - Royal Signals
Higher
Hayley Evans - VodafoneThree
Stanley Todman - Clarke Telecom
Henry Freeth - Dalcour Maclaren
Award for Technical Excellence
Finalists
Tooba Faisal - BT Group
Carla Di Cairano-Gilfedder - BT Group
Ayesha Abdul Majeed - BT Group
Telecoms Surveyor of the Year
Finalists
Emma Artley - Dalcour Maclaren
Dougie Currie - Cornerstone
Anthony Lavery - WHP Telecoms
Mentor of the Year
Finalists
Thomas Smith - VodafoneThree
Vicky Ortigosa - Openreach
Steve Froggatt - Telecom IP
Woman in Technology
Finalists
Daisy Adde - VMO2
Natalie Strange - RPS Telecom
Emma Reid - VodafoneThree
Engineer of the Year
Finalists
Soubhagya Ranjan Mohapatra - VodafoneThree
Balvinder Doiccee - TXO
Mike Milner - VMO2
Graduate of the Year
Finalists
Precious Maina - Colt Technology Services
Benjamin Shaw - NPL
Harry Scott - Swann Engineering Group
Innovator of the Year
Finalists
Eifion Lloyd - Openreach
George Aldridge - VMO2
Danielle Williamson - VMO2
Outstanding Leadership
Finalists
Darren Zitren - Cluttons
Stewart Mardle - MATS
Gaynor Hatch - VMO2
Special Awards
Outstanding Contribution to Industry
Sponsored by Cornerstone
The Outstanding Contribution to the Industry award recognises an individual who has made a significant and lasting impact on the telecommunications sector over the course of their career.
This award is peer-nominated by the ITP Board of Directors, recognising those whose influence, leadership and dedication have helped shape the industry at the highest level.
Recipients will have demonstrated exceptional contribution through areas such as:
Leadership and influence across the telecoms sector
Driving innovation or major industry advancements
Supporting the development of skills, standards and the wider profession
Mentoring and inspiring the next generation of talent
This award celebrates individuals whose impact extends beyond their own organisation, leaving a meaningful and enduring legacy across the telecoms community.
Event Sponsors
Champagne Reception Sponsor
Virgin Media has partnered up with O2, the UK’s favourite mobile network operator – and together, we’re ready to supercharge the UK.
We’re two of the UK’s most iconic brands, combining 45.8 million broadband, mobile, phone and home subscribers, and 16,000 employees. We’ve come together to give the UK more choice and better value - it’s good news for customers, communities and businesses all over the country.
Evening Entertainment Sponsor
Up Connect is a UK-based property consultancy specialising in wayleaves, land acquisition and stakeholder engagement for digital infrastructure projects. We work with network operators, landlords, managing agents and developers to remove barriers and enable the efficient rollout of telecoms and utilities infrastructure nationwide. With a strong focus on collaboration, compliance and commercial pragmatism, Up Connect supports projects from early strategy through to agreement completion, helping clients navigate complex property, legal and operational challenges. Our experienced team is known for its hands-on approach, clear communication and ability to deliver outcomes that work for all parties. Ultimately, our goal is to support the growth of resilient, future-ready networks that benefit communities and businesses alike.
Photobooth Sponsor
Founded in 2003, Fuel Recruitment is one of the UK’s top Technology Recruitment Specialists working in Telecoms and IT. We are an award-winning agency and have appeared on The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) 1000 Most Dynamic Companies to work for.
We deliver the highest quality recruitment services to both clients and candidates and have placed over 12000 technical professionals in either Interim, Contract or Permanent roles throughout the UK and internationally.
Fuel provides candidates in Mobile and Fixed Line Telecoms with expertise in Fibre, Civils, Radio Access Networks (RAN), Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS/small cell), IP, Antenna, Wayleaves, BTS, RF, Microwave, Satellite, Broadband, transmission and CNI. We work with Private and Public Sector organisations, from FTSE100 companies to niche technology specialists and have consistently tailored bespoke solutions to their business needs. We put people first in everything we do.