ISPA News 31/05/07
Eight Excellent New Members
Meet this month’s new ISPA members
Sizzling Summer Networking
ISPA AGM and Summer Reception
"Next Generation Access - What, How, Why, When?"
ISPA’s third legal forum
‘Business As Usual’ For BT?
EAB’s view on Undertakings delivery so far
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Eight Excellent New Members
Meet this month’s new ISPA members
Eight more companies have joined the UK’s leading Internet trade association this month.
O2 has joined ISPA as a corporate member. O2 is a leading provider of mobile services to consumers and businesses in the UK.
Virtual Internet – a pan-European provider of high availability managed hosting products - has joined ISPA in the Small category.
New medium-sized member NYnet was established by North Yorkshire County Council as a public and private sector commercial venture. NYnet was created in order to provide a communications network that’s capable of delivering multiple high quality services to stimulate economic regeneration, deliver services to citizens and gain greater public sector efficiencies.
Providing computer network consultancy, configuration and support since 1998, Polestar Interactive Ltd. has entered ISPA in the small members’ category, which will give them the opportunity to keep up to date on members-only regulatory information. Polestar Interactive has been providing computer network consultancy, configuration and support since 1998.
Sota Solutions’ primary focus has been on wide-area infrastructure and business continuity services for small, medium and large enterprises, public sector organisations, and other service providers. Sota Solutions will join ISPA as a small member.
Spidermail also join ISPA in the small member category offering a range of broadband services and hosting The WEBOFEDUCATION™, a revolutionary school network enabling schools to create their own unique online learning and educational resource.
Whole Ltd, specialists in building and maintaining I.T. infrastructures for small to medium size businesses in the North West of England has also joined this month.
MiVISP Limited offers a range of products and services from a highly resilient infrastructure and a secure data network, including 8MB broadband.
To find out more about what ISPA Membership can do for you, please visit the Membership Benefits page or contact the ISPA Secretariat for more information.
Sizzling Summer Networking
ISPA AGM and Summer Reception
Summer is here already, bringing with it ISPA’s AGM and Summer Reception.
Full members are invited to attend the AGM to find out what ISPA has been up to over the past year.
Drinks and discussion will follow the AGM at ISPA’s Summer Reception, presenting members with a great chance to discuss the threats and opportunities facing the market, with fellow industry peers. Network with MPs, leading industry stakeholders and the ISPA team who will also be in attendance to keep the conversation (and drink) flowing.
The Summer Reception is open to all full and associate members.
We look forward to you joining us for good wine and excellent networking opportunities.
The AGM and Summer Reception will be held on the afternoon of 3rd July 2007 at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HE.
Members can register their interest in attending the AGM and Summer Reception by contacting the ISPA Secretariat.
"Next Generation Access - What, How, Why, When?"
ISPA’s third legal forum
ISPA’s next legal forum looks at the possibilities, probabilities and practicalities of NGA in the context of 21CN rollout. Representatives from BT and Ofcom will be presenting before a Q&A session.
Next Generation Access will pose new regulatory challenges for the Internet industry. Take advantage of this opportunity and find out what your industry peers think about this topical issue.
The forum is being hosted by Steptoe Johnson LLP and is just one of the many ISPA membership benefits. It will take place on Wednesday 27th 2007 at Steptoe Johnson’s London office. Take a look at the legal forum page for more details.
Further membership benefits can be found on the Member Benefits page or contact the secretariat for more information.
‘Business As Usual’ For BT?
EAB’s view on Undertakings delivery so far
The Equality of Access Board (EAB) has published its second annual report evaluating BT’s progress towards delivery of the Undertakings.
The report commends BT for delivery of most key Undertakings on time, such as the newly equivalent Ethernet portfolio. However, the EAB also reports on those Undertakings where BT didn’t deliver on time or in full, such as the transfer of all IPstream records to the LLU equivalent platform by the end of December 2006.
A new section of the report this year assesses how behaviours and attitudes have changed since the introduction of the Undertakings – an area of increasing importance in assessing whether the new regulatory requirements are becoming ‘business as usual’ for BT employees.
The EAB was set up with a majority of independent members in November 2005 to monitor and report on BT’s progress in delivering the Undertakings. Its Annual Report for 2007 is available for download.