We are delighted to announce the list of finalists for the Mobile Industry Awards 2026!
MIAs represent the benchmark for 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 to dizziness Royal Lancaster London – the perfect setting for an evening of food, networking and industry celebration.
The MIA 2026 nominees are….
Best Mobile Services and Solutions Provider
- age
- Plan.com
- Salt Communications
Best Mobile/Gadget Insurance Service
- Asurion
- Barclays Technology Pack – powered by Likewize
- EE Gadget Coverage
- insurance2go
Best Wholesale Service and Solution Provider
- eSIM Go
- VodafoneThree wholesale
Best customer service (business)
- Active digital
- age
- Pure Communication Group
Better customer service (consumer)
- Envirofone
- Lebara Mobile
- Mobile
- sailed
- Mobile Sky
- Talk mobile
- Tesco Mobile
- The iOutlet
- VodafoneThree
Best Place to Work (less than 1,000 employees) NEW FOR 2026
- Bamboo Connect
- BusinessMobile.com
- Mova
- Pure Communication Group
- sailed
- The big phone store
Best Place to Work (1,000+ employees)
CSR initiative of the year
- Active Digital – Closing the gap in the digital divide
- More secure SIM cards from EE
- Samsung solves for tomorrow
- Tesco Mobile Online Safety and Technology Grants
- VodafoneThree – Everyone.connected: Bridging the digital divide in the UK
Marketing campaign of the year
- GK Telecom National Omnichannel Customer Acquisition Campaign
- Lebara Mobile – The smarter choice
- Motorola – Launch of the Brilliant collection
Sustainability Initiative of the Year
- Envirofone x ZSL London Zoo: exchange, give back, protect the gorillas
- Circular Device Lifecycle Services Likewize
- The big phone store
- The Fairphone (Gen. 6): The one that lasts
Team of the Year
- Samsung Mobile Experience (MX) UK & Ireland – Marketing, Omnichannel, Sales & Product Team
- Tesco Mobile People Team
- Virgin Media O2 CTO Team
- VodafoneThree 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
- sailed
- SureSIM
Best MVNO
- Mobile ID
- Lebara Mobile
- plan.com
- Moving sky
- SMARTYMobile
Best Network for Business
- BT + EE business
- Vodafone Business United Kingdom
Best network for consumers
Best SIM only network
- Mobile ID
- Lebara Mobile
- Spusu Mobile
Innovation of the year (product or service)
- Freshwave 5G on Omni
- musicMagpie – “Bring 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 – the UK’s first commercial 5G network slicing service
Best Recycling and Refurbishment Service
- Likewise
- Mobile
- musicMagpie
- Samsung in partnership with MTR
- The big phone store
- The iOutlet
- VodafoneThree
Best repair service
- Likewise, we come to your home to repair
- The big phone store
- The iLab
- VodafoneThree Fix&Go
Distributor of the Year
Retailer of the Year (Consumer and Online)
- EE
- musicMagpie
- The big phone store
- The iOutlet
- VodafoneThree
For all rewards updates, visit our site www.mobileindustryawards.com – we look forward to seeing you September 17, 2026!
If you have any questions or requests on how to attend or enter, contact us at [email protected]
