14th March, 2008
Internet Industry Elite Honoured at The 2008 ISPAs
The 10th Annual UK Internet Awards recognises the great and the good of the Internet industry
The 2008 ISPAs – the 10th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards in association with Epitiro – saw the elite of the Internet industry honoured in a gala dinner at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square on the 14th March 2008.
The evening was a great success and a big thanks is due to our category sponsors, the attendees and the evening’s host Terry Alderton for making The 10th Annual ISPAs the best yet and cementing its reputation as the UK’s leading Internet industry awards.
Congratulations to all the finalists, the commended companies and, of course, the winners.
ISP Division
Best Consumer ISP sponsored by F-Secure
BT
Plusnet
Tiscali
Virgin Media
Vispa
Winner:- PlusNet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges agreed that PlusNet put their customers first with transparent usage allowances rather than vague Fair Usage Policies and their self-developed traffic management system. The judges also felt that PlusNet’s one month contracts were very beneficial to consumers.”
Best Business ISP
sponsored by Cisco
Claranet
Datanet
Eclipse Internet
Entanet
PlusNet
Winner:- Eclipse
Internet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges were impressed with the restructuring of Eclipse to give prioritised support to business customers – including priority call answering. Eclipse’s hosting packages can comprehensively cover the needs of today’s businesses.”
Best Consumer Broadband sponsored by UK2
Entanet
NewNet
Seriously Internet
Virgin Media
Waitrose
Winner:- NewNet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges were pleased to see that NewNet are pushing the limits of broadband capabilities in a consumer market by introducing its own LLU service, offering up to 24 Meg ADSL2+.”
Best Business Broadband sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
Claranet
Datanet
Lumison
NewNet
PlusNet
Winner:- Datanet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Datanet’s range of broadband packages catered for all business users regardless of size. They were encouraged to see that the service is uncapped and unlimited for business users and that they offer good ADSL support.”
Best Consumer Email sponsored by Cloudmark
Entanet
NewNet
Pipex
Vispa
Waitrose
Winner:- Entanet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt Entanet had a solid, simple email service.”
Best Business Email sponsored by Hibernia
Atlantic
Datanet
Eclipse Internet
Lumison
NewNet
Zen Internet
Winner:- Eclipse
Internet
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that Eclipse can provide a complete range of robust business-class email solutions for business. Users can manage their accounts as their needs change with a sophisticated control panel.”
Best Dial Up sponsored by PeerApp
Datanet
Entanet
Exa
Vispa
Waitrose
Winner:- Waitrose
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges were impressed with the straightforward and simple installation of the Waitrose Dial-Up package. Of particular note was the customer support with a freephone number to the help desk.”
Best Shared Hosting sponsored by ePages
123-reg
Easyspace
Exa Networks
Namesco
UK-2
Winner:- Namesco
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges decided unanimously that Namesco’s range of packages and the availability of up-to-date hosting statistics allowed the flexibility to accommodate a customers’ shared hosting needs. They were also pleased to see that the customer support was available seven days a week.”
Best Dedicated Hosting sponsored by Seagate
Namesco
Netcetera
UK-2
UKFast
Webfusion
Winner:- UKFast
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges agreed that UKFast has placed importance on client data protection and can offer customers a variety of secure hosting packages which include automated patch management and good SLAs.”
Best Wireless ISP sponsored by NYnet
BOZII
Kijoma
South West Internet
T-Mobile
Vodafone
Winner:- Vodafone
Commendation:- BOZII
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt
that Vodafone's wireless solution was at the cutting edge of
new and emerging HSPA technology with their HSDPA and HSUPA
enabling great functionality."
An ISPA spokesperson continued, "BOZII
was commended for promoting the use of wireless Internet
access by providing a simple and easy to use Wi-Fi Roaming
service."
Best Internet Telephony sponsored by Magrathea
Entanet
Keen Computers
Lumison
Tesco
Zen Internet
Winner:- Entanet
An ISPA
spokesperson said, “VoIP is becoming a bigger player in the
telecommunications market and the judges felt that Entanet’s
portfolio of services and support for partners offered an
exciting proposition for resellers to supply VoIP.
They were impressed with its peering capabilities and
the features of the VoIP Elite package.”
Best Streaming sponsored by PlusNet
Astream
Global Digital Broadcast
Kinura
Media On Demand
Mydeo
Winner:- Astream
Commendation:- Mydeo
An ISPA spokesperson
said, "The judges felt that Astream offer as professional
service to its customers catering for the advanced consumer to
the professional. They were pleased to see demos available on
the site of the quality clients can expect provided by various
bandwidths and media players."
An ISPA spokesperson
continued, "A commendation is awarded to Mydeo for making
high quality video streaming simple and affordable for
everyone - from home moviemakers to charities, organisations
and small businesses - all via a web based interface."
Best Portal sponsored by NebuAd
Bt.yahoo.com
Karoo.co.uk
Orange.co.uk
Tiscali.co.uk
Virginmedia.com
Winner:- Bt.yahoo.com
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt the bt.yahoo portal is clear and well laid out. Users have easy access to any additional services that they require such as the digital vault for storage and access to manage their BT account. Content boxes can be moved around or added into the portal page allowing the user to customise and personalise their
page.”
Special Division
The Internet Watch Foundation Award sponsored by Orange
The finalists were as follows:
Brightfilter
Childnet International – Know IT All
Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Leslie Haddon - EU Kids Online project
Rt. Hon. Alun Michael MP
Richard Swetenham, Head of the eContent and Safer Internet Unit at the European Commission
Winner: Richard Swetenham, Head of the eContent and Safer Internet Unit at the European Commission
The IWF was impressed with his involvement with the issue of Internet content since 1996, drafting the first Communication on illegal and harmful Internet content. He has been the driving force behind a variety of very successful EC Safer Internet Programmes, in particular the development of the INHOPE association of Hotlines.
The Corporate Social Responsibility Award
Winner: BT
An ISPA spokesperson said, “The judges felt that BT has an excellent corporate social responsibility policy in place and acknowledged its Better World campaign aiming to create a more sustainable world through better communication.”
Internet Villain sponsored by
CI-Net
The finalists were as follows:
BPI
BT Wholesale
David Cameron MP
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Nicolas Sarkozy, The French President
Winner: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
HMRC won the Internet Villain category for failing to take the protection of people’s personal data seriously and highlighting bad practice in protecting data by losing computer disks containing confidential details of 25 million child benefit recipients.”
Internet Hero sponsored by UKFast
The finalists were as follows:
Facebook
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Competitiveness
Peter Robbins OBE QPM, Chief Executive, IWF
Derek Wyatt MP
Winner: Peter Robbins OBE QPM, Chief Executive, IWF
Peter Robbins wins the Internet Hero award for his continued leadership of the IWF and approach to fostering extensive partnerships with the Internet industry, the government and law enforcement agencies to tackle illegal online content."
The winners of each ISP Division category will be selected by ISPA’s panel of leading industry experts. The 2008 panel is:
• Jaap Favier, Research Director & Vice President,
Forrester
• Andrew Ferguson, Journalist, Thinkbroadband.com
• John Fisher, Chief Executive, Chairman, Citizens Online
• Ian Fogg, Research Director, Jupiter Research
• Dinah Greek, News Editor, Computeractive
• Richard Mahony, Principal Analyst, Ovum
• Tony Marson, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group
• Dr Victoria Nash, Policy and Research Officer, Oxford Internet Institute
• Professor Michael Rotert, President EuroISPA
• Claire Woffenden , Editor, Web User
Since 1999 ISPA UK has hosted the ISPAs to celebrate the crème de la crème of the Internet industry – those who promote innovation and best practice in their field. The awards are recognized throughout the industry for their independence and objectivity. For a fifth consecutive year, ISPA UK has commissioned Epitiro to conduct tests and monitor the services of all entrants for a three month period. This data provides a shortlist of exceptional finalists for the ISP Division of the coveted awards.
The Mirror called the ISPAs the “the Internet event of the year”, an opinion sure to be reinforced this year, with hundreds due to attend including senior industry figures, Government representatives and the media.
Anyone wishing to take advantage of this unique opportunity to network with the biggest names in the business and spend the evening celebrating the success of the industry in the renowned London Marriott Hotel can purchase tickets online from www.ispaawards.org.uk
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Notes to Editors
The categories for The 2008 ISPAs are as follows:-
ISP Division
Special Awards
- The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Award sponsored by
Orange
- Internet Hero sponsored by UKFast
- Internet Villain sponsored by CI-Net
- The Corporate Social Responsibility Award
The views expressed in this release are those of the Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) and do not necessarily reflect the corporate policies of the individual companies that are members of the Association.
For further information, please contact the ISPA Press Office
by email
or Tel: 020 7609 1907
About the Internet Services Providers’ Association:
The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) was established in 1995 as a trade association to represent providers of Internet services in the UK. ISPA promotes competition, self-regulation and the development of the Internet industry. For a list of members or other information about ISPA, please consult the website:
http://www.ispa.org.uk
About Epitiro:
Epitiro's is the UK's leading provider of Customer Experience Monitoring products and services that cover the end-to-end processes of service delivery, service assurance and network performance, providing a benchmark in delivery and customer expectation. Epitiro's products collect analyze and compare the Key Performance Indicators across a range of IP services in real time. They provide location-based reporting and comparison ensuring the identification and analysis of the root causes of unacceptable network performance.
http://www.epitiro.com
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