Internet Industry Awards

Where Industry celebrates the 'Net working

The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) has been organising the UK Internet Industry Awards since 1999 to herald the best of the Internet and application service providers industry and to celebrate innovation and best practice. In 2002 the awards were dubbed "The ISPAs".

The awards categories fall into one of three divisions - Consumer, Business and Industry.

In 2002, ISPA added a fourth division to the ISPAs, The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Award for Developments in the Field of Online Safety, intended to support and draw attention to the very important work conducted by the IWF.

Each year the event changes to reflect changes in the sector and to represent the ever broadening nature of the service provider sector.

The ISPAs are unique as people and organisations in the Internet and application service provider industry are honoured by their peers. Senior industry decision makers and Government representatives attend the event to recognise the industry's achievements.

Organisations and individuals requesting tickets or further information should in the first instance visit http://www.ispaawards.org.uk. Organisations interested in sponsoring the ISPAs should telephone 0207 609 1907.

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Notes to Editors

For further information, please contact the ISPA press office.
Email: pressoffice@ispa.org.uk Tel: 0207 609 1907

Further details about The ISPAs can be found at www.ispaawards.org.uk.

The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA) was established in 1995 as a trade association to represent Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the UK. ISPA promotes competition, self-regulation and the development of the Internet industry. For a list of members or other information about ISPA, please consult the website: http://www.ispa.org.uk

ISPA holds permanent membership of the Internet Watch Foundation, the Internet Crime Forum, the Home Office Task Force on Child Protection on the Internet, the DfES Safety Strategy Group, EURIM, the Parliamentary IT Committee (PITCOM), the Association of Communication Service Providers, the Oftel Internet Forum, and international organisations such as EuroISPA, and the World ISP Forum.