23rd January, 2008
Finalists Announced For The 2008 ISPAs - the 10th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards
Tickets now on sale
The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) - the UK’s leading Internet trade association – reveals today the finalists in the ISP division of
The 2008 ISPAs – The 10th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards, in association with Epitiro
The winners will be announced on the evening of the 14th March 2008 at the London Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square.
The finalists at The 2008 ISPAs are:
Best Consumer ISP sponsored by F-Secure
BT
Orange
PlusNet
Tiscali
Virgin Media
Vispa
Best Business ISP sponsored by Cisco
Claranet
Datanet
Eclipse
Entanet
PlusNet
Best Consumer Broadband sponsored by UK2
Entanet
NewNet
Seriously Internet
Virgin Media
Waitrose
Best Business Broadband sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
Claranet
Datanet
Lumison
NewNet
PlusNet
Best Consumer Email sponsored by Cloudmark
Entanet
NewNet
Pipex
Vispa
Waitrose
Best Business Email sponsored by Hibernia
Atlantic
Datanet
Eclipse
Lumison
NewNet
Zen Internet
Best Dial Up sponsored by PeerApp
Datanet
Entanet
Exa
Vispa
Waitrose
Best Shared Hosting sponsored by ePages
123-reg
Easyspace
Exa Networks
Namesco
UK-2
Best Dedicated Hosting sponsored by Seagate
Namesco
Netcetera
UK-2
UKFast
Webfusion
Best Wireless ISP sponsored by NYnet
BOZII
Kijoma
SW Internet
T-Mobile
Vodafone
Best Internet Telephony sponsored by Magrathea
Entanet
Keen Computers
Lumison
Tesco
Zen Internet
Best Streaming sponsored by PlusNet
Astream
Global Digital Broadcast
Kinura
Media On Demand
Mydeo
Best Portal sponsored by NebuAd
Bt.yahoo.com
Karoo.co.uk
Orange.co.uk
Tiscali.co.uk
Virginmedia.com
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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