Great And Good Of The Internet Industry Recognised at The 2008 ISPAs
Winners of The 2008 ISPAs Announced

Help To Shape The UK’s Leading Internet Industry Awards
Award entrant briefing at Internet World 

Femto cells – The Key to the Digital Home?  
How Mobile Network Operators intend to secure ownership of the Digital
Home

Serbian ISP Introduces Tiered Services and Lowers Operating Costs
EUnet extends provider’s market leadership with Service Control technology, improved monitoring, and interactive Web portal

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Great And Good Of The Internet Industry Recognised at The 2008 ISPAs
Winners of The 2008 ISPAs Announced

The winners of The 2008 ISPAs - the 10th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards in association with Epitiro - were announced at a gala dinner at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square on the 14th March 2008. 

ISPA is grateful to the category sponsors, the attendees and the evening’s compere, Terry Alderton. 

Congratulations to all the finalists, the companies that received commendations and of course the winners.

Full results of The 2008 ISPAs can be viewed on the individual category pages of The 2008 ISPAs' website. 

Help To Shape The UK’s Leading Internet Industry Awards
Award entrant briefing at Internet World 

All prospective ISPA award entrants should attend a briefing at this year’s Internet World.

Make life easier for yourself and your organisation by staying savvy and up to date with preparations for The 2009 ISPAs.

We will be asking for your feedback on the current awards process and any new categories you’d like to see at next year’s awards.

The briefing will be held in the the e-Commerce lecture theatre at Internet World on Thursday May 1st starting at 8.30am prompt.

To register your interest in attending the briefing, please contact the ISPA press office. Please note places are strictly limited. All attendees must also register at  Internet World.

Internet World is the UK’s largest B2B Internet event. The event has recently won two highly acclaimed awards from Event Magazine – Best Business Exhibition and Most Improved Established Exhibition. It attracts more visitors and more exhibitors than any other Internet focused Business to Business event in the UK. 

Internet World 2008 will focus on how to best capitalise on the market opportunities associated with growth in Internet industry. The event will illustrate ways you can improve your business’s performance and demonstrate the latest technologies of the industry. 

Speakers at this year’s event will include BBC Worldwide’s Head of Mobile Peter Mercier, Managing Director of BBC.com Kym Niblock, Senior Vice President of MySpace.com Travis Katz, Annelies van den Belt, Head of ITV Broadband and Chris Hogg, Director of Marketing for Intel.

For more information please visit the Internet World website.

Femto cells – The Key to the Digital Home?  
How Mobile Network Operators intend to secure ownership of the Digital
Home

In the converging World of telecommunications and media traditional Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are increasingly targeting the home. The home was previously the domain of the fixed operator, the Internet service provider and the broadcaster. The reason for this is obvious, mobile voice and text accounts for the largest share of consumer spending on communications and entertainment.

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[ The above article has been produced by Alcatel Lucent and is included in this newsletter as part of the benefits they receive as a sponsor of The 2008 ISPAs. This article does not represent the views of ISPA, the members of ISPA or The 2008 ISPAs. ]

Serbian ISP Introduces Tiered Services and Lowers
Operating Costs
EUnet extends provider’s market leadership with Service Control technology, improved monitoring, and interactive Web portal

EUnet Yugoslavia, EUnet was founded in 1995 as part of the EUnet International community of Internet providers. The company has continued to thrive and grow its business in what is now the country of Serbia. 

EUnet pioneered this market, as the first service provider in the area, and today owns and operates a powerful network infrastructure in 13 cities. The company’s core network connects to the Internet over a redundant terrestrial link (300 Mb/s in bandwidth). Subscribers have access from the local telcos, and EUnet also serves wholesale customers. Partnering with leading technology vendors, telcos, and IT companies has contributed to the company’s aggressive growth rate and installed base of 180,000 residential and 15,000 business clients. Subscribers represent residents, government agencies, educational and cultural institutions, banks, media houses, and other corporations and entities.

Quality, reliability, and a comprehensive portfolio of services have set the company apart from competitors. Customers can choose dialup or ADSL broadband access, and business customers have a choice of leased lines, Web hosting, dedicated servers, collocation, and application development services. EUnet gives 24 hour technical support to all customers.

“In terms of initial capital investment, it is very easy to start your own [service provider business] in Serbia today,” says Bosko Radivojevic, CTO of EUnet. “EUnet’s reputation has been built on quality of service and being the first to offer innovative new capabilities to our subscribers. When we began to grow our broadband business, we realized that we were lacking the capabilities that we would need to continue this lead. In particular, we wanted to give our business customers the ability to change service levels from basic to silver and gold premier levels or to easily ‘turn on’ extra bandwidth when needed for voice, VPNs, or gaming. We also needed to monitor traffic and optimize service for these users.”

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[ The above article has been produced by Cisco and is included in this newsletter as part of the benefits they receive as a sponsor of The 2008 ISPAs. This article does not represent the views of ISPA, the members of ISPA or The 2008 ISPAs. ]

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[The above article has been produced by F-Secure and is included in this newsletter as part of the benefits they receive as a sponsor of The 2008 ISPAs. This article does not represent the views of ISPA, the members of ISPA or The 2008 ISPAs. ]