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Awards and Bursaries

SCTE® regularly runs a series of industry achievement awards for the broadband industry. These celebrate individual and company success in the broadband arena. Most of the awards are given out at every SCTE® annual dinner.

How bursary winners are decided

If you wish to send in an award nomination, please complete our online form.

The SCTE® also regularly awards bursaries to those who might benefit from attending specific trade shows or conferences in the broadband industry. It currently offers three/four IBC Bursaries annually (covering travel, hotel cost for four nights and a full conference registration for the IBC Amsterdam convention), twenty bursaries for ANGA COM in Cologne and two bursaries for the FTTH conference and exhibition in Amsterdam and two for DVB in Dublin.

Read the May 2018 FTTH 2018 bursary winner report in Broadband Journal.

The awards are worth around £2000. Please complete our standard contact form if you would like to nominate a bursary recipient.

Individual Awards

Nominations are now being sought for the 2021 SCTE® Individual Achievement Awards which will be presented at the SCTE® Gala Awards Dinner at the Tower of London on 26 June 2021. The competition honours exceptional achievement in the broadband industry.  Categories include SCTE® Engineer of the Year, the 2021 Richard Harris Member of the Year, the David Hall award for Best Presentation and the 2021 Tom Hall Award for Outstanding Services to Broadband Engineering. The SCTE® also gives out two Fellowships at the awards ceremony.

Nomination forms are to be forwarded to the SCTE® office no later than 31 March 2021. Nominations can be made on  the form below or, alternatively, they can be submitted by  email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Technology Innovation Awards

Nominations are now being sought for the 2021 SCTE® Technological Innovation Awards which will be presented at the SCTE® Gala Awards Dinner at The Tower of London on 26 June 2021. The competition honours innovative products, systems and concepts in the broadband industry. The awards are for technological innovation in the broadband  arena and may be for a product, system or concept.  (Please note: The item nominated must have been introduced into the marketplace between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020).

Awards will be given for four separate categories: Best broadband network transmission solution, Best fibre innovation, Best in-home solution and Best digital processing solution. In addition, the best overall submission will receive the SCTE® 2021 Technological Innovation of the Year Award.

Nomination forms are to be forwarded to the SCTE® office no later than 30 March 2020. Nominations can be made on  the form below or, alternatively, they can be submitted by  email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Submit Nomination for Technology Innovation Awards online

2019 SCTE® Technology Innovation award winners and runners up.