Over 40 companies have been shortlisted for the 15th ISPA Awards, with winners for all 15 categories unveiled at the prestigious awards ceremony on 11th July at the Park Lane Sheraton Hotel in London.
Entrants in the broadband and hosting categories underwent two months of rigorous testing by ISPA’s technical testing partners, thinkbroadband, while Malden Electronics carried out thetesting for the Internet Telephony category. Using these results, and the written entry forms, an independent panel of industry veterans decided the winners.
The 15th ISPAs shortlist
Best Superfast Broadband
Fastnet
Hyperoptic
KC
Plusnet
Zen Internet
The winner: Hyperoptic
Best Consumer Fixed Broadband
Hyperoptic
Origin Broadband
Plusnet
Sky Broadband
Spectrum Internet
The winner: Sky Broadband
Best Business Fixed Broadband
Cerberus Networks
Entanet Business
KC
Plusnet
Urban Wimax
The winner: Entanet Business
Best Fixed Wireless
LN Communications
Kijoma Broadband
Metronet (UK)
VFast
The winner: VFast
Best Large Business Hosting
4d Data Centres
Datapipe
FastNet
FidoNet
Fluidata
StratoGen
The winner: Fluidata
Best SME Business Hosting
4d Data Centres
Datanet
Macace
Storm Internet
StratoGen
Virtual Internet
The winner: Storm Internet
Best Internet Telephony
Gradwell
Telappliant
Timico
VoIPfone
Zen Internet
The winner: Telappliant
Best Consumer Customer Service
Catalyst2
Hyperoptic
KC
Macace
Plusnet
Spectrum Internet
The winner: Plusnet
Best Business Customer Service
Catalyst2
Datanet
Exa Networks
Fastnet
Metronet (UK)
Timico
The winner: Catalyst2
Managed Service Innovation
EuropaCom
Media Service Provider
Memset
Timico
Virtual Internet
The winner is: Media Service Provider
Internet Safety & Security
Exa Networks
Internet Watch Foundation
KC
South West Grid for Learning
TwoTen
Virtual Piggy
The winner: KC
The highly commended: Internet Watch Foundation
Digital Inclusion Award
FinerDay
KC
myLovelyParent
Southern Housing Group
Supporting Communities
WEA
The winner: myLovelyParent
Customer Choice Award
Catalyst2
Hyperoptic
Macace
Plusnet
Zen Internet
The winner: Catalyst2
About the ISPA Awards
The 2013 ISPA Awards are the internet industry awards and this was the 15th ISPA Awards. To reflect the latest industry developments we have introduced Best Superfast and Best Fixed Wireless, both categories that have seen important growth in the last year. Superfast take up is a key priority for the government, and Fixed Wireless presents a good solution for getting broadband to rural parts of the UK.
The awards ceremony was on 11th July 2013 in the Park Lane Sheraton hotel in London and full information about the awards can be found at www.ispaawards.org.uk. There are several
sponsorship opportunities available for next year's ceremony.
We are very happy to announce that the Internet Telephony Award was sponsored by Magrathea and the Best Internet Hero and Internet Villain Awards were sponsored by Net Lynk Direct. For more information please contact us on 0203 397 3308.