ISPA Events

The 2024 ISPA Conference is just around the corner, and this is your chance to be part of it! Your voice is crucial as we come together to shape the future of our industry. Don’t miss your chance to influence key discussions - tickets are free for members and partners!

On the 22nd October, we're gathering industry leaders, innovators, and government decision-makers for an afternoon packed with game-changing ideas and industry discussions —all happening at PXC’s head office in Salford.

What you’ll get:

- Panel Discussions on breaking barriers to opportunities through connectivity and how industry & government can collaborate for smarter deployment.

- Fireside Chats with experts, digging into wholesale network aggregation and content delivery.

- Unbeatable Networking—rub shoulders with peers, partners, and key government stakeholders over lunch and at the post-event reception.

Spots are filling up fast! Don’t miss out—secure your free spot today HERE

ISPA Policy Updates - Polls, Planning & Party Conference

For Westminster, last month was dominated by party conferences. After a brief intermission of Parliament sitting for the first two weeks — rising on 12th September — politicians and politicos headed off to Brighton, Liverpool and finally Birmingham for the respective annual gatherings of the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Conservative parties.

Notably, this was the first time in 15 years that the conferences have taken place under a Labour regime, after they swept out the Tories in July — replacing them both in government and in headlines.

Amidst a packed conference, Labour was overshadowed by scandal and infighting; however, tech (and telecoms) featured prominently. DSIT Secretary Peter Kyle mentioned the importance of addressing issues from “digital exclusion to widening full fibre internet connectivity” in his speech, notably framing “digital” as the foundation for the future economy and integral to the lives of future generations.

ISPA also partnered with the HealthTech Alliance to hold a dinner exploring how technology can help get people back into work – a short report will be written which may form part of a response to the DWP’s White Paper “Get Britain Working”, expected later this year.

The Lib Dems, on the other hand, hosted a high-spirited and lucrative conference which celebrated their historic electoral success, focusing on economic growth, the NHS, and our relationship with Europe. And even the Conservatives were unexpectedly happy as members assessed which of the four leadership contenders will be the one to unite — or reform — the party.
ISPA policy work

It is shaping up to be a very busy Autumn for the policy team.

On 12th September, the ISPA-led Telecoms Poles Working Group attended a Ministerial roundtable with Chris Bryant, and has been working on drafting new guidance around the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice.

Look out for a questionnaire to gather feedback for the fourth Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP4), which will give an overview of how the telecoms sector is adapting to increasingly severe climatic conditions.

The Health and Safety Executive has opened a new consultation calling for industry views on the use of creosote, to which ISPA will be responding.

As always, please get in touch at policy@ispa.org.uk with any questions or concerns.

ISPA Awards

ALL FINALISTS REVEALED!

ISPA is delighted to announce the finalists for the final three categories at the ISPA Awards 2024. Please join us in congratulating the shortlisted nominees for:

🏆 Digital Inclusion for Charity & Communities

The Crumbs Project
Hamara Healthy Living Centre
St Lukes Community Centre
Skills Enterprise

🏆 Digital Inclusion for Industry

Exa Networks
KCOM
Quickline
Vodafone
Wifinity

🏆 Best Communications Campaign

Community Fibre
Quickline

For the full list of finalists, please visit ISPA's website HERE

2024 ISPA Awards

Additional Sponsorship Opportunities

The ISPA Awards are the largest celebration of ISPs, fibre infrastructure builders and providers of digital telephony, hosting and cloud services in the UK. Be part of the iconic event and sponsor the champagne reception taking place in the historical Raffles at the OWO hotel! We currently have a few more sponsorship packages left. By sponsoring any of these listed opportunities, you could put your company in front of 500 senior figures from across the UK internet industry!

Sponsor today to:

  • Advertise to your target audience
  • Promote your company to scores of service providers
  • Network with hundreds of senior decision makers
  • Gain high profile brand exposure
  • Nurture clients’ relationships and reward staff
  • Generate PR opportunities and new business leads
  • Enjoy promotional benefits, including newsletter editorials and press releases in the lead-up to the event
  • Be part of the most sought after awards show in UK internet
ISPA would like to thank all those who are set to support this year’s award show including AdtranAltnetsCalixCienaClarityDraytekeeroEPSGlobalGenexis,
HeightsTelecomIQGeoLinksysMagratheaNetgemNetskrt, Nexfibre,  PSI,
TP-LinkVetro and VIAVI Solutions.

The branding opportunities are endless at the 26th ISPA Awards drinks reception - get in touch with krystian@ispa.org.uk today to discuss the sponsorship and how we can help incorporate creative branding ideas.

The ISPA Awards ceremony will take place at the Raffles London at The OWO on 21st November, you can book your Early bird tickets now.

Mark Watson

An English comedian, novelist, and producer, Mark is well-known for his ability to command and entertain a crowd, making regular appearances at the popular Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and making guest appearances of popular TV shows such as ‘Mock the Week’.Don't miss out on your chance for an evening of hilarity while we celebrate 2024's biggest and best industry achievements!

LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE - GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!

ISPA Partners


Unlock the Potential of MDUs with Altnets

Following the hugely successful Altnets x ISPA Roundtable, which explored the challenges ISPs face with UK MDU builds, Altnets is uniquely positioned to offer exclusive access to innovative solutions. These solutions help standardise installations for any building across Europe.

Our FTTXcellence MDU range is crafted with premium European manufacturing, ensuring exceptional fibre performance and compliance with the rigorous BS7671 British Standards for reliability and safety.

With a focused product range and competitive pricing, Altnets offers a tailored solution to maximise the potential of MDUs.

Contact Altnets HERE to find out more!

How UK ISPs Can Prepare for the Live Streaming Tsunami

The Premier League Football website reported earlier this year that 35.7 million people streamed live matches – more than half of the UK’s total TV audience. That’s tens of millions of people concurrently streaming football matches over the course of a season. It is clear that the trend toward live streaming sports is growing, and with it so are the challenges for UK ISPs delivering live content seamlessly to all corners of the internet. Like a tsunami, live streaming can inundate ISP networks as subscribers log on to watch the game all at once.

Read it now HERE

How to get true flexibility and scalability for your broadband services with the uOLT

Many service providers are looking to converge, modernize, and monetize their network investments. Bringing more value to the access and network edge means doing more on the same infrastructure, which begs the question—What if you could offer differentiated residential and business broadband (and even mobile) services on the same network? Ciena’s Vimal Pindoria, Director Routing and Switching, shares how Ciena’s XGS-PON micro-OLTs (uOLTs) can help solve the broadband dilemma.

Read more HERE

New DrayTek Router! Introducing the Vigor 3912S.

The Vigor 3912S is a VPN Enterprise Router with an exciting feature first for DrayTek! The most anticipated new feature is the ability to install Linux applications with a 256GB SSD card. Boost security, management and overall efficiency with this new feature that support Suricata, Ubuntu, VigorConnect or any compatible docker based application. Remaining true to the series the capabilities of the Vigor 3912S is as powerful as the reliable Vigor 3912, with total throughput of over 12Gb/s and VPN Concentrator (500 VPN tunnels, up to 5Gb/s).

Find out more HERE

Industry Insights

Customer Spotlight with Viavi: Bridging the Digital Divide with Wildanet



DrayTek ISP Performance and Perceptions Survey Report 2024

 Women in Telecoms Group celebrates two year anniversary

We encourage all ISPA Members to join the Women in Telecoms Group that was set up by CCUK in 2022 and opened to all women in telecoms this year. The group offers women in industry a safe space to discuss any issues - from personal to career development and technical or regulatory questions - that they might have. There is a Directory where members offer their advice, as well as regular online and in person meetings with guest speakers. The group is often participating in panel sessions at events around the UK - including Channel Live, Connected Britain, Cavell Summit, Connected North and more...

It's a great way to support your female colleagues with their career goals as well as giving them a voice on the key issues impacting our industry.

Their celebratory two year anniversary party is on the 10th October. You can get a free ticket here.

You can find more information on their website here, join their LinkedIn Group here and join their group by emailing Michaela@commscouncil.uk

Due to LinkedIn security updates, ISPA has now had to move all our activity, updates and announcements from the ISPA LinkedIn team page to our ISPA UK company page.

Many of you already follow this page but we would ask everyone to please check and if you are not, please sign up to follow ISPA UK on LinkedIn.

This is an important step to ensure you never miss any of our updates, event invites and more...

Partner Events

ISPA offers its members a variety of discounts for events that we partner with:

Tech & AI LIVE: Gen AI 2024 - Connecting Europe's Tech & AI Leaders - 9th October 2024 - Find out more and register here.

Intelligent Automation Conference Global - 5th and 6th February 2025 - Find out more and register here.

Unified Communications Conference Global -5th and 6th February 2025 - Find out more and register here.

ISPA Members

We are happy to introduce our newest ISPA member - GOS Consulting

GOS consulting is a policy, regulatory and strategy consultancy, with particular expertise in the electronic communications sector.

Partners of ISPA

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.