| 23 February 2021
UK mobile network O2 has picked up the Best Network for Coverage award for the fourth year running at the Uswitch Broadband and Mobile awards.
The O2-owned mobile virtual network operator giffgaff was awarded Network of the Year, and O2 was also highly commended in the categories of Best SIM Only Network and Most Popular Mobile Network. The awards are decided in part by a survey of over 10,000 users. Plusnet has scooped the Broadband Provider of the Year award, Virgin Media was announced as Fastest Broadband Provider award and BT became TV Provider of the Year. Disney+ won the 2021 Best TV Content award.
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Uswitch says its awards were voted for by more than 17,000 consumers as well as a judging panel of experts in the fields of technology, consumer affairs and personal finance.
Here are all the winners:
Network of the Year • giffgaff
Best Network Coverage • O2
Best Network for Data • Three
Best Network for Roaming • Three
Fastest Mobile Network • EE
Best PAYG Network • Smarty
Best SIM Only Network • Three
Best Value Pay Monthly • Sky Mobile
Saf Malik
giffgaff named Network of the Year at the annual awards ceremony
Smaller providers were the big winners at the Uswitch Mobile Awards as giffgaff was named Network of the Year.
Asda Mobile took the Best Network for Customer Service award and Smarty won Best Pay-As-You-Go Network.
The awards recognise elegance in the mobile industry and were voted for by more than 17,000 consumers as well as a judging panel of experts in the fields of technology, consumer affairs, and personal finance.
Another smaller provider, Lebara, was named Best Value SIM Only.
Apple beat Samsung to be named Manufacturer of the year and also scooped Handset of the Year for the iPhone 12 Pro Max – one of the company’s first 5G enabled devices.