The Internet Service Provider’s Association (ISPA UK) is thrilled to reveal the finalists for the 2024 ISPA Awards. As it currently stands, an impressive 37 organisations have received nominations across 11 categories, with the prestigious broadband categories shortlist announced today.
Taking the lead this year is Community Fibre with four nominations across all categories, followed by Brsk, Cerberus Networks and Grayshott Gigabit with an impressive three nominations each. Reflective of the current market, the Best Consumer ISP under 100,000 customers has a bumper list of nominees, while a number of altnets are nominated across all the categories.
This past year has seen significant challenges after years of growth that has seen fibre reach two-thirds of the UK. Providers are focused on take up of the new infrastructure, market consolidation and the impact of significant technological changes - including working to meet the impact of the PSTN switch off and setting up cross-infrastructure one-touch switching. Industry has been working tirelessly to deploy fibre throughout the nation with more than two thirds of homes and businesses able to use FTTP services and have worked closely with third sector and government organisations to implement strategies to minimise the digital divide. All worthy efforts that we, as the voice of the UK internet industry, believe should be celebrated.
Six more category shortlists will be announced in September – including Digital Inclusion; Best Sustainability; Rural Infrastructure; DEI; and Communications Campaign. The Internet Hero Award will be announced closer to the ceremony.
Winners will be announced on Thursday, 21st November, at the magnificent OWO Raffles hotel in the heart of Whitehall, as we celebrate the sector’s triumphs and accomplishments at the 26th iteration of industry’s most prestigious awards.
ISPA Chair Steve Leighton commented:
“The 2024 ISPA awards are a celebration of the tireless work and effort we have seen from the UK’s industry sector. It is safe to say that it’s not all been plain sailing for the sector in the past 12 months, but through their continuous efforts these outstanding organisations have not only strived to, but also succeeded, in consistently improving their quality of services, Together with the notably high levels of FTTP deployment, the levels of service provided across the UK have seen significant improvement. I look forward to the 21st of November, where we will showcase these incredible achievements and celebrate the successes of our industry together.”
All finalists are able to purchase the official ISPA Awards finalist logos via our Awards team at awards@ISPA.org.uk.
Event Information
Presentation of the 2024 Awards will take place on Thursday 21st November at the OWO Raffles hotel, Whitehall in London. Tickets are on sale through Eventbrite.
The awards would not be made possible without the support of the 2024 ISPA Awards sponsors: Adtran, Altnets, Calix, Ciena, Clarity, Draytek, eero, EPS Global, Genexis, Heights Telecom, IQGeo, Linksys, Magrathea, Netgem, Netskrt, Network Communications, Nexfibre, Plume, PSI, PXC, TP-Link, Vetro and VIAVI Solutions.
More sponsorship opportunities are available, please email krystian@ispa.org.uk for more information.
About the Awards
2024 marks the 26th annual ISPA Awards night, where the UK’s internet industry celebrates the year’s accomplishments. Those who have entered ISP and hosting categories have undergone technical testing by ISPA’s independent technical testing partner, thinkbroadband. An independent panel of industry experts use the results of testing, as well as written submissions from non-technically tested categories to determine winners, prior to the awards gala. Categories and further information about the awards can be found at https://www.ispa.org.uk/ispa-
About ISPA
The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) is the voice of the UK internet industry for government, parliament, regulators, media and the public. For a full list of members and other information about ISPA, please visit www.ISPA.org.uk or find us on twitter @ISPAUK / LinkedIn @ISPAteam.
Category Shortlists
Best Urban Infrastructure - sponsored by Viavi
Brsk
FullFibre
GigaAir
MS3 Networks
Openreach
Best Enterprise ISP
Community Fibre
Cerberus Networks
KCOM
Vorboss
Best Rural ISP - sponsored by Vetro
Cerberus Networks
County Broadband
Grayshott Gigabit
Quickline Communications
Wessex Internet
Best SME ISP- sponsored by Draytek
Cerberus Networks
Community Fibre
Exa Networks
G.Network Communications
LilaConnect
Best Consumer ISP under 100k customers - sponsored by NexFibre
BeFibre
G.Network Communications
Lightning Fibre
Lightspeed
toob
Zzoomm
Best Consumer ISP over 100k customers - sponsored by Adtran
Community Fibre
KCOM
TalkTalk
Best Voice Provider - sponsored by Magrathea
bOnline
CallSwitch One
Dial 9 Communications
Giant Communications
V4 Consumer
Voipfone
Best Customer, Data and Network Security - sponsored by Linksys
Exa Networks
Gigabit IQ from Grayshott Gigabit
Home Telecom
RM
Talk Straight / Schools Broadband
V4 Cloud
Best Customer Experience - sponsored by Calix
BeFibre
Brsk
Connect Fibre
Home Unity
toob
Truespeed Communications
Best Community Engagement
Brsk
Community Fibre
Freedom Fibre
Gigaclear
Grayshott Gigabit
Quickline Communications
Best Channel Support
Freedom Fibre
FullFibre
M3S Networks
PXC
Best Rural Infrastructure
Airband
Openreach
Quickline
Voneus
Best Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Dorset Council
Exa Networks
KCOM
Vorboss
Women in Telecoms - CCUK
Best Sustainability
Freedom Fibre
Genexis
KCOM