ITP Telecoms Awards Winners 2026
CNFE Apprentice of the Year

Main Event Sponsors
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.
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.






















