We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Mobile Industry Awards 2026!
The MIAs represent the standard of excellence in the industry – from the boardroom to the grassroots, participants represent the best and brightest the UK mobile industry has to offer.
The Mobile Industry Awards 2026 will take place on September 17 2026 in the impressive Royal Lancaster London – the perfect setting for an evening of good food, networking and industry celebration.
The nominees for MIA 2026 are….
Best mobile solutions and services provider
- ege
- Plan.com
- Salt communications
Best mobile/device insurance service
- Asurion
- Barclays Technology Pack – Powered by Likewize
- EE device cover
- insurance2go
Best wholesale provider of services and solutions
- eSIM Go
- VodafoneThree wholesale
Better customer service (companies)
- Active Digital
- ege
- Pure communication group
Better customer (consumer) service
- Envirofone
- Lebara Mobile
- Mazuma Mobile
- Saily
- moving sky
- speakmobile
- tesco mobile
- The iOutlet
- VodafoneTres
Best Place to Work (less than 1,000 employees) NEW FOR 2026
- bamboo connection
- BusinessMobile.com
- moved
- Pure communication group
- Saily
- The big phone store
Best place to work (more than 1,000 employees)
CSR initiative of the year
- Active Digital – Closing the Digital Divide Gap
- EE’s most secure SIMs
- Samsung solves tomorrow
- Tesco Mobile Online Safety and Technology Grants
- VodafoneThree – Everyone.Connected: Closing the digital divide in the UK
Marketing campaign of the year
- GK Telecom Nationwide Omnichannel Customer Acquisition Campaign
- Lebara Mobile: the smartest choice
- Motorola – Brilliant Collection Launch
Sustainability Initiative of the Year
- Envirofone x ZSL London Zoo: exchange, return, protect gorillas
- Likewize Circular Device Lifecycle Services
- The big phone store
- The Fairphone (Gen. 6): The one that lasts
Team of the year
- Samsung Mobile Experience (MX) UK and Ireland – Marketing, Omnichannel, Sales and Product team
- Tesco Mobile People Team
- Virgin Media O2 CTO Team
- Vodafone Three Discovery Team
Accessories Manufacturer of the Year
- Belkin International
- Motorola
Smartphone manufacturer of the year
- Apple
- Motorola
- Samsung
- TCL
Best eSIM provider
- ByteSIM
- EE Instant Connection
- GK Telecom
- Saily
- SIM Insurance
Best MVNO
- mobile identification
- Lebara Mobile
- plan.com
- moving sky
- SMARTY Mobile
The best network for companies
- BT+EE Business
- Vodafone Business UK
The best network for consumers
The best SIM only network
- mobile identification
- Lebara Mobile
- Spusu Mobile
Innovation of the year (product or service)
- Freshwave 5G on Omni
- musicMagpie – ‘Take It to Timpson’ Exchange Service
- Optima and the device intelligence platform
- Samsung – Galaxy S26 Series Privacy Screen
- SIMPL Compass Platform
- SureSIM Travel ProtectO2 Satellite
- Vodafone Business – UK’s first commercial 5G network slicing service
The best recycling and restoration service
- match
- Mazuma Mobile
- musicMagpie
- Samsung in partnership with MTR
- The big phone store
- The iOutlet
- VodafoneTres
The best repair service
- Likewise we come to you to repair
- The big phone store
- The iLab
- VodafoneTres Fix&Go
Distributor of the year
Retailer of the Year (High Street and Online)
- USA
- musicMagpie
- The big phone store
- The iOutlet
- VodafoneTres
For all award updates visit our site www.mobileindustryawards.com – we hope to see you in September 17, 2026!
If you have any questions or queries about how to attend or participate, please contact [email protected]
