We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Mobile Industry Awards 2026!
The MIAs represent the gold standard of industry excellence – from the boardroom to the grassroots, attendees represent the best and brightest the UK mobile industry has to offer.
The Mobile Industry Awards 2026 will take place on September 17 2026 by the breathtaking Royal Lancaster London – the perfect setting for an evening with good food, networking and an industry party.
The MIA 2026 nominees are…
Best mobile service and solution provider
- oak
- Plan.com
- Salt communication
Best mobile/gadget insurance service
- Asurion
- Barclays Tech Pack – powered by Likewize
- EE Gadget Cover
- insurance2go
Best wholesale service and solution provider
- eSIM Go
- VodafoneThree Wholesale
Best Customer Service (Business)
- Active digital
- oak
- Pure communication group
Best customer service (consumer)
- Envirophones
- Lebara mobile
- Mazuma mobile
- Saily
- Sky Mobile
- Talk mobile
- Tesco mobile
- iOutlet
- VodafoneThree
Best workplace (under 1,000 employees) NEW FOR 2026
- Bamboo Connect
- BusinessMobile.com
- Mova
- Pure communication group
- Saily
- The big phone shop
Best place to work (over 1,000 employees)
This year’s CSR initiative
- Active Digital – Closing the gap on the digital divide
- Secure SIM cards from EE
- Samsung Solve for tomorrow
- Tesco Mobile’s Online Safety and Technology Scholarships
- VodafoneThree – everyone.connected: Closing the UK Digital Divide
Marketing campaign of the year
- GK Telecom Nationwide Omnichannel Customer Acquisition Campaign
- Lebara Mobile – The smarter choice
- Motorola – Launch of Brilliant Collection
This year’s sustainability initiative
- Envirofone x ZSL London Zoo: Trade in, Give Back, Protect the Gorillas
- Equalize Circular Device Lifecycle Services
- The big phone shop
- The Fairphone (Gen. 6): The Keeper
Team of the year
- Samsung Mobile Experience (MX) UK & Ireland – Marketing, Omnichannel, Sales and Product team
- Tesco Mobile People team
- Virgin Media O2 CTO team
- VodafoneThree Discovery Team
Accessory manufacturer of the year
- Belkin International
- Motorola
Smartphone manufacturer of the year
- Apple
- Motorola
- Samsung
- TCL
Best eSIM provider
- ByteSIM
- EE Instant Connect
- GK Telecom
- Saily
- SureSIM
Best MVNO
- ID mobile
- Lebara mobile
- plan.com
- Sky Mobile
- SMARTY Mobile
Best network for business
- BT + EE Business
- Vodafone Business UK
Best network for consumers
Best SIM Only Network
- ID mobile
- Lebara mobile
- Spusu Mobile
Innovation of the year (product or service)
- Freshwave 5G on Omni
- musicMagpie – ‘Take it to Timpson’ Trade-in Service
- Optima and Device Intelligence Platform
- Samsung – Galaxy S26 Series Privacy Display
- SIMPL’s compass platform
- SureSIM Travel ProtectO2 Satellite
- Vodafone Business – UK’s first commercial 5G network carving service
Best recycling and refurbishment service
- Likewise
- Mazuma mobile
- musicMagpie
- Samsung in collaboration with MTR
- The big phone shop
- iOutlet
- VodafoneThree
Best repair service
- Likewize We come to you repair
- The big phone shop
- iLab
- VodafoneThree Fix&Go
Distributor of the year
Retailer of the Year (High Street and Online)
- EE
- musicMagpie
- The big phone shop
- iOutlet
- VodafoneThree
Visit our website for all price updates www.mobileindustryawards.com – we look forward to seeing you in the future September 17, 2026!
If you have any questions or concerns about how to enter or participate, please contact us at [email protected]
