The UK Internet Service Providers Association ( ISPA ) has officially revealed the finalists for its 12th annual industry awards for 2010. Finalists in the majority of categories are selected based on three months of testing by ISPA's technical testing partner, Epitiro.

Interestingly Orange and NewNet dominate with four nominations, while last year's winners O2 and Clara.net have both been nominated again in the Best Consumer Broadband and Best Business Broadband categories.

ISPA 2010 Awards categories and finalists:

Best Consumer Fixed Broadband
Be Broadband
Karoo (Kingston Communications)
NewNet plc
O2
Virgin Media

Best Business Fixed Broadband
Claranet
Entanet International Ltd
Fluidata Ltd
NewNet plc
Timico
Urban Wimax Ltd

Best Mobile Broadband
FREEDOM4 WiFi
O2
Orange UK
Vodafone

Best Consumer Customer Service ISP
Be Broadband
Karoo Broadband
O2
Orange
Plusnet
Virgin Media

Best Business Customer Service ISP
C4L
Claranet
Eclipse Internet
Entanet
Exa Networks

Best Shared Hosting
123-reg
Namesco Limited
Netcetera
NewNet plc
Webfusion

Best Dedicated Hosting
Exa Networks
Fluidata Ltd
Namesco Limited
NewNet plc
Tagadab Ltd

Best Internet Telephony
Entanet International Ltd
Gradwell
iNet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone)
Noble Solutions
Timico

Access Innovation
Aql
Cybermoor Ltd
South West Internet CIC
Truphone
Vodafone

Digital Inclusion
Bolton Literacy Trust
Kingston Communications (KC)
NHS Choices
South West Internet CIC
Westminster City Council

Internet Safety
BT Total Broadband
Childnet International
Nominet
Orange UK
Vispa

Corporate Social Responsibility
Kingston Communications
Orange UK
UKFast
Webfusion

There don't appear to be any major surprises this year, although the inclusion of Orange and Virgin Media UK for 'Best Consumer Customer Service' might be unexpected by some. We also note that the 'Best Dial-Up ISP' category has finally kicked the bucket.

As per usual the Internet Heroe and Villain awards will be announced in June and all the winners will be unveiled on the 8th July at a black tie dinner and awards ceremony at the Grosvenor Marriott Hotel. Tickets for the event can be purchased via the ISPA Awards website: http://www.ispaawards.org.uk .