Mark your calendar and prepare for an unforgettable evening:
Date: Thursday, 13th November 2025

Venue: City Central at The HAC, London
Attendees: 400+ of the most senior figures, from new market entrants to global infrastructure operators
Celebration: We will crown the winners across 20 competitive categories, recognizing everything from Best Rural ISP to the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion.Why attend?

Despite predictions of being a busy month, October proved to be a waiting game in many respects. Cyber dominated the news cycle, with the JLR cyber attack grabbing headlines week after week.

Further, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published its Annual Review 2025,  revealing that the UK experiences an average of four “nationally significant” cyber incidents every week – the security agency is now urging all businesses to make cyber resilience a “boardroom priority”. The NCSC is also advertising a new free Cyber Action Toolkit available for smaller businesses.

Ministers and security chiefs also wrote to all FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 firms and other major businesses, warning that hostile cyber activity is becoming more intense, frequent and sophisticated, and urging immediate steps to strengthen resilience, including: to make cyber risk a board-level priority using the Cyber Governance Code of Practice; sign up to the NCSC Early Warning service; and require Cyber Essentials across the supply chain.

The government has announced that BDUK will be integrated into DSIT; this is part of the wider Government review of arms-length bodies launched in April.

Furthermore, the government and Ofcom published their responses to the “Media Literacy” report from the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee. The Committee recommended the following: that tech platforms must be held to account through paying a levy to fund independent efforts to enhance media literacy skills; that media literacy must be embedded in the national curriculum; that there must be a senior minister allocated to the task; that more awareness and support should be available for adults. In response, the Government welcomed the recommendations and acknowledged the need for a coordinated and strategic approach to media literacy policy and delivery.

Overall, with the upcoming Budget on the 26th of November casting a long shadow, and a new cyber bill expected (we promise this time), November looks to be a more exciting month.

In October, we worked on answering a new consultation launched by DSIT on proposals to update the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice (2022). We held a group call where the following concerns were raised, such as offering the government a forum to engage with industry and opening up more collaboration with wider regulatory systems.

MHCLG has launched a consultation on new guidance for estate agents regarding material information for home buyers, suggesting that broadband be included. ISPA plans to respond to prevent new agent requirements from becoming obligations for the telecoms industry.
ISPA is working to gain clarity from the government regarding the impact of the HRB regime on the telecoms sector; we will update members when we hear more.

As always, we encourage members to get in touch with any questions!

ISPA Partners

Linksys on Britain’s Cyber Underground: Resilience in the Age of Hacktivism

At Connected Britain last week, a panel of experts - including Linksys VP of Product, Jeevan Patil - addressed the nation’s cyber resilience challenges directly. Patil urged immediate short-term actions to secure systems, while emphasizing that lasting confidence relies on stronger technical standards and widespread adoption of open-source solutions. Drawing on telecom lessons around interoperability and customer-focused security, he made a compelling case for extending SASE into the home. With agentic AI transforming the threat landscape, his message was clear: resilience must be a central business priority.

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Specialized CDN Technology for ISPs

Delivering high-quality streaming content without breaking the bank on upstream costs is a common challenge for ISPs everywhere. When subscribers request video content, many ISPs pay for every single stream to travel from an upstream data center to their network. This inefficiency creates a financial burden that can impact service affordability and network expansion.

The solution? Bringing content directly into the ISP network with specialized CDN technology.
The most powerful insight isn't just the cost savings—it's the fundamental shift in how ISPs using the Netskrt CDN approach content delivery. Instead of building expensive direct connections to distant peering centers, they use locally embedded caching.

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Protect uptime. Unlock peace of mind.

Downtime hits hard—lost revenue, unhappy customers, and nonstop firefighting. Our DDoS defense solution stops attacks in real time and keeps your services running. Run it your way—with software-first deployment, automated control, and built-in traffic

analysis. Or let us manage it for you. Identify at-risk customers, monetize protection, and make smarter peering and transit decisions. No added complexity. Just resilient, responsive performance—day in, day out.

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Industry Insights

ISPA Partner eero releases Wi-fi 7 Operator Survey

ISPA Partner Genexis Announces NuFibre as First UK Customer for Elite HX30 Gateway and Home CX30 Extender

Insights with TP-Link – PON Deployment & Beyond: Solutions, Gaps, and What’s Next

ISPA Events

Last month ISPA UK, together with partner IQGeo, brought together leaders from across the fibre industry for an engaging roundtable discussion on how artificial intelligence is reshaping network management.

The attendees offered valuable perspectives in the conversation, and the takeaways are clear:

AI creates the most value when it enhances – rather than disrupts – existing workflows.
Data integrity and system integration remain crucial for generating reliable insights.
Successful adoption relies on clear objectives, strong leadership support, and continuous training.

Partner Events

ISPA members are invited to the annual Christmas lunch from our sister organisation Comms Council UK, simply select CCUK member tickets when booking here.

ISPA members get discounted tickets to CCUK Christmas Lunch

12th and 13th November - White Label World Expo

18th November - RICS UK & I Telecoms Conference

4th and 5th February - AI & Big Data Expo Global 2026 Returns to London – The Premier AI & Data Strategy Event of the Year

Become an ISPA Partner

ISPA Partnership offers organisations the opportunity to connect, develop relationships and grow their visibility with our 150+ ISP member community.

The packages run over a 12 month period and include 4 in-person events (including our prestigious ISPA Awards), online thought leadership, marketing opportunities and various other deliverables that ensures your organisation grows its connections in the UK ISP sector.

Find out what the opportunities are here.

To enquire about an ISPA partnership, please message our Head of Partnerships at krystian@ispa.org.uk.