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16th February 2000
The Minister for E-Commerce Patricia Hewitt MP congratulated the winners of the
ISPA Internet Industry Awards at the Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony held last night.
More than 600 representatives of the UK Internet Industry gathered together last night to celebrate the Award winners, and the Ceremony was transmitted live on the Internet. The Minister for E-Commerce Patricia Hewitt MP said she was "delighted to see the major strides that the internet industry has made in only a few years, as shown by the winners of these awards".
INDUSTRY AWARDS
Best Hardware Supplier
- Cisco Systems
- Lucent Technologies
- TNS Distribution
Winner: CISCO SYSTEMS
Best Software Supplier
Winner: RED HAT
Best Service Supplier
- Energis
- GX Networks
- TNS Distribution
Winner: GX NETWORKS
Most Useful Software to an ISP
Winner: THE FREE ISP SOFTWARE COMMUNITY
CONSUMER AWARDS
Best ISP Web Site
- Freenetname
- LineOne
- Virgin Net
Winner: FREENETNAME
Best Consumer Customer Service
- AOL
- Global Internet
- Totalise
Winner: TOTALISE
Best Value ISP
- Freenetname
- Stray Duck
- Totalise
Winner: STRAY DUCK
Best Consumer ISP
- Freeserve
- Stray Duck
- Totalise
Winner: FREESERVE
Internet Colossus 2000
- Richard Branson
- Bill Gates
- Peter Gregory
Winner: PETER GREGORY
BUSINESS AWARDS
Best ISP Product
- Easynet Dial
- Planet Online Hosting
- Speechmail by Freeserve
Winner: EASYNET DIAL
Most innovative new ISP product
- Jyra from PSINet
- Online Call Manager
- Vivao Messaging
Winner: ONLINE CALL MANAGER
Best Business Customer Service
- Direct Connection
- GX Networks
- Netcom Internet
Winner: NETCOM INTERNET
Best Business ISP
- Easynet
- INS (Internet Network Services)
- Planet Online
Winner: PLANET ONLINE
Best E Commerce Service offered by an ISP
- Netbanx
- Planet Online's Full Range E-Commerce Offering
- Ticketingsolutions.com
Winner: NETBANX
Best European ISP
- AOL Europe;
- Easynet;
- UUNET
Winner: UUNET
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