ISPA meets with senior Whitehall officials to discuss opportunities and threats

ISPA’s liability and cyber security groups have had a very busy start to the year with numerous meetings and roundtables with DCMS, the IPO and the Cabinet Office. We will continue to work closely with government to raise members’ ideas and concerns on key industry issues.

Members are kept informed of updates and insights via our liability mailing list; if you are a member and you wish to join please do get in touch via admin@ispa.org.uk.

Broadband Subgroup responds to Ofcom's Annual Plan for 2019-20

ISPA has similarly been busy regarding Broadband, ISPA representatives attended the Ofcom Annual Plan stakeholder event and the subgroup is currently preparing a response to the Plan outlining where Ofcom should be focusing its work to better serve the needs of the industry.

Last chance to register for the ISPA Awards

This is the final call to register for the 2019 ISPA Awards. For the 21st year, ISPA is looking to reward the best and most innovative categories, from the long-standing classic broadband and hosting categories through to newer awards for Customer Solution, Infrastructure and Partnership.

Registration can be made at: https://ispa.thinkbroadband.com/.

All ISP and hosted categories undergo technical testing between 1st February until 31st March. You will also need to submit a written entry submission by 29th March.

For the other categories – VoIP, Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Partnership, Customer Solution, Customer Service, Executive of the Year and ISP PR Campaign – only written entry submissions are needed, but you still need to register either through https://ispa.thinkbroadband.com/ or by emailing awards@ispa.org.uk

The ISPA Awards are a great way to promote your company. The finalists and winners can publicise their victory through awards logos that can be displayed on all marketing materials, including your email signatures and your website, in the years to come.

The ISPA Awards ceremony is one of the highlights of the ISP calendar for our members where you can meet all your peers and celebrate another successful year in style.

For more information on the ISPA Awards and all categories, please visit our website https://www.ispa.org.uk/ispa-awards/.

The winners will be announced at the gala ceremony and dinner in July 2019.

Register your entries for the ISPA Awards 2019 here

The awards are kindly sponsored by 

      

To join them in being associated with excellence in the sector, raise your company’s profile by sponsoring the networking drinks reception or any of the individual categories, please contact awards@ispa.org.uk.

The benefits include free tickets to the awards ceremony, your company's profile in mailouts to the wider tech community, your logo on the press releases, ISPA website, social media promotions, a full page advert in the awards brochure, roll out banner at the reception and many more...

Click here to view the ISPA Awards sponsorship pack

Juniper SD-WAN Workshop for Service Providers

All ISPA members are invited to the SD-WAN Workshop with Juniper Networks and Xantaro, which will take place on Thursday 7th March from 1.15pm at the ISPA offices, 69 Wilson street, London, EC2A 2BB.

The workshop will include sessions on the SD-WAN market dynamics; Contrail SD-WAN: Leading Enterprise Branch Transformation (Technology Focus); and Insight in to a Juniper Networks SD-WAN deployment – with a lab demonstration.

Please share this invite with your colleagues in product marketing, CTO’s. technical architects and operations

Find out more on our website here and RSVP to admin@ispa.org.uk to secure your free place.

ISPA Conference 2019 - Save the date!

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22nd May 2019
9am-2pm

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This year's Conference theme is Securing Network Integrity, the panel sessions will cover future ISP market, DNS over HTTPS, FTIR and cyber security. If you would like to be involved in shaping the agenda please contact admin@ispa.org.uk

Early Bird tickets are now on sale and more details will be coming soon....

Early Bird tickets are now on sale here

ISPA welcomes a surge of new members

Full Fibre builds fibre only, broadband and dark fibre networks available to the wholesale market and Local Authorities.

Providing IT support and telecommunications to businesses across the UK. We are specialists in the retail sector and deliver complete IT solutions, with a dedication to customer service and satisfaction.

MyComms provides Internet solutions to both Residential and Business clients.

Conxdigital

Conxdigital was formed in 2017 to address a requirement in the IT and Telecoms industry for a managed service provider driven by cost-effectiveness, commitment to excellence and accountability to their clients.

CoreSpeed understands the pressure that is increasingly being placed on organisations to harness the power of high speed connectivity. That’s why we do things a little differently! Based in the West Midlands, CoreSpeed delivers a suite of end-to-end connectivity solutions, based around our own independent, high speed network, enabling communities and businesses to thrive.

ISPA in Press

ISPA commented on Which? report into broadband speeds which was covered by ComputerWeekly, Wired, ISPReview and Advanced Television.

Partner Events

ISPA offers up to £250 discount on the tickets for the 5th Annual Data Quality and Consistency in Financial Institutions Conference, taking place this month. Click here to find out more.

We are also partnering with SmartHomeExpo, the UK's ultimate event for the smart technologies revolutionising the way we live, on the 26 & 27 of March 2019 at the NEC Birmingham - get your free tickets here.

Other events that ISPA partners with are Customer & User Experience Expo and Call & Contact Centre Expo, both taking place on 27th and 28th March at the Excel in London. Both events are free to attend.