Busy Summer of Regulatory Consultations to Respond to
ISPA will be responding to a number of government and regulatory consultations over the summer, including Ofcom’s consultations on the Digital Economy Act code of practice, the parliamentary committee into the draft communications data bill, the call for evidence on active choice, the commission questionnaire on dealing with unlawful content and much more besides. At this busy and exciting time for industry, there has never been a better time to join ISPA.
Three companies that joined ISPA in July include Telecoms provider New Call Telecom Ltd www.newcalltelecom.co.uk, Rural Communications Solutions Limited www.ruralinternet.co.uk and Recombu www.recombu.com.
For comments from the new members and existing members on reasons for joining ISPA click here. For more information on joining ISPA please contact www.ispa.org.uk, admin@ispa.org.uk or call 020 3397 3308.
ISPA Secretary General Interviewed for ITV Tonight Programme
ISPA Secretary General Nick Lansman appeared on the ITV Tonight Programme this month and outlined the industry’s view on online parental controls.
The programme was aimed at educating parents on how to deal with harmful content online, such as children accessing pornography and cyber-bullying. They also interviewed Fiona Mactaggart MP, Helen King from CEOP, a family in Wigan, a school in Surrey on anti-bullying, an IT expert and ISPA on what advice the industry can give.
The programme can be accessed here. The Secretary General makes the points that the industry is concerned and wants to empower parents to make the right decisions with the tools provided by ISPs. He also makes the point that filters are not a silver bullet and that parental mediation is essential.
Photos and Video of the ISPA Awards 2012
The photos and video of the ISPA Awards 2012 are now all up on the website - www.ispa.org.uk/ispa-awards/about. The black-tie dinner and awards ceremony was held on the 3rd July at the Park Lane Sheraton Hotel in London and featured comedian John Moloney, entrepreneur Dr Peter Cochrane, and TV presenter Tom Scott.
The 2013 Awards will be launched later this year and will include updated categories and information about entering. If you are interested in sponsoring one of the ISPA Awards categories, ISPA is offering 10% off ISPA 2013 sponsorship packages for a short time only. Please contact awards@ispa.org.uk if you are interested or you can find more information here.
Geo Networks Sponsors the 2012 Best Business Customer Service ISP
Geo Networks provides highly scalable cost effective data networks to some of the UK’s largest ISPs. Our national, legacy-free fibre infrastructure reaches out to all of the major cities. We connect to many BT exchanges, as well as over 100 public, private and hybrid data centres including most recently Virtus and LdeX 1 in North London, and Ark’s Spring Park in Corsham. Our policy is one of open access: if we have connected it, you can have it, unencumbered. We believe we are the ideal partner for ISPs with growth and reach aspirations
We’re delighted to be sponsoring this year’s Best Business Customer Service ISP award, as – with year-to-date national network availability of over 99.9999% and in London over 99.99999% - we like to think we know a thing or two about customer excellence.
For more information, please visit www.geo-uk.net or stay up to date on Twitter by following @geonetworks.
Discount for Members
In September and October there is discount for members at the following events, IP in the Digital Environment Conference, Apps World Europe 2012, Convergence Summit South, NextGen 2012, the Internet Retailing Conference and Retail Week Ecommerce Summit.
More information on the ISPA Events Calendar www.ispa.org.uk/events/calendar/.
ISPA News Coverage
ISPA was quoted in the news on issues including; Online Parental Controls, the Communications Data Bill, Olympics broadband, copyright, broadband speeds, infrastructure and new members. Full coverage here.
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