ISPA Unveil First Finalists for 2024 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards UPDATE2
The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has just published the first of two shortlists of finalists for their 2024 annual industry awards event, which sees 37 organisations (broadband ISPs, network builders etc.) being nominated across 11 categories, with a shortlist for a further 7 categories due to be announced later in the year.
Just to recap. The winners of last year’s event were unveiled back in November 2023 (here), which among other things saw several broadband ISPs taking home more than one award across different categories (e.g. Hyperoptic, CommunityFibre and Brsk).
By comparison, this year’s event will add several new categories, such as the introduction of the Best Rural Infrastructure and Best Urban Infrastructure categories, as well as awards for Best Community Engagement; Best Sustainability; Best Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and finally the new Best SME ISP and Best Enterprise ISP awards.
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Otherwise, taking the lead in this year’s shortlist of possible winners is CommunityFibre with four nominations across all categories, followed by Brsk, Cerberus Networks and Grayshott Gigabit with an impressive three nominations each. Reflective of the current market, the Best Consumer ISP under 100,000 customers also has a bumper list of nominees, while a number of altnets are nominated across all the categories.
Steve Leighton, ISPA Chair, said:
“The 2024 ISPA awards are a celebration of the tireless work and effort we have seen from the UK’s industry sector. It is safe to say that it’s not all been plain sailing for the sector in the past 12 months, but through their continuous efforts these outstanding organisations have not only strived to, but also succeeded, in consistently improving their quality of services, Together with the notably high levels of FTTP deployment, the levels of service provided across the UK have seen significant improvement. I look forward to the 21st of November, where we will showcase these incredible achievements and celebrate the successes of our industry together.”
The shortlist for the remaining 6 categories will be announced next month – including Digital Inclusion; Best Sustainability; Rural Infrastructure; DEI; and Communications Campaign. Finally, the Internet Hero Award will be announced closer to the ceremony.
The winners will be crowned at the gala ceremony on 21st November 2024 in London in front of more than 475 guests from across industry. The event will be once again be hosted at the OWO Raffles Hotel in Whitehall (London).
2024 ISPAs Award Shortlist
Best Urban Infrastructure
Brsk
FullFibre
GigaAir
MS3 Networks
OpenreachBest Enterprise ISP
Community Fibre
Cerberus Networks
KCOM
VorbossBest Rural ISP
Cerberus Networks
County Broadband
Grayshott Gigabit
Quickline Communications
Wessex InternetBest SME ISP
Cerberus Networks
Community Fibre
Exa Networks
G.Network Communications
LilaConnectBest Consumer ISP under 100k customers
BeFibre
G.Network Communications
Lightning Fibre
Lightspeed
toob
ZzoommBest Consumer ISP over 100k customers
Community Fibre
KCOM
TalkTalkBest Voice Provider
bOnline
CallSwitch One
Dial 9 Communications
Giant Communications
V4 Consumer
VoipfoneBest Customer, Data and Network Security
Exa Networks
Gigabit IQ from Grayshott Gigabit
Home Telecom
RM
Talk Straight / Schools Broadband
V4 CloudBest Customer Experience
BeFibre
Brsk
Connect Fibre
Home Unity
toob
Truespeed CommunicationsBest Community Engagement
Brsk
Community Fibre
Freedom Fibre
Gigaclear
Grayshott Gigabit
Quickline CommunicationsBest Channel Support
Freedom Fibre
FullFibre
M3S Networks
PXC
UPDATE 4:49pm
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One small development worth mentioning is that Hyperoptic won’t be in the shortlist for any awards this year because their CEO, Dana Tobak, has taken a position on the judging panel for the event.
UPDATE 7th Oct 2024
Forgot to add that three additional shortlists have since been confirmed.
Best Rural Infrastructure
Airband
Openreach
Quickline
VoneusBest Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Dorset Council
Exa Networks
KCOM
Vorboss
Women in Telecoms – CCUKBest Sustainability
Freedom Fibre
Genexis
KCOM
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Yawn… Here we go again, another sham award ceremony, paid for by the investors.
Keep adding more and more categories to make sure everyone gets an award.
So after paying up to £9,500 per year to become a member, you can then sponsor awards at extra cost.
If you win an award you have to pay £1,500 + VAT to buy the licence to use the logo.
Anyone want to buy some old rope?
The DIE one should be interesting to see which company to boycott. It’s insane how DEI infested gaming and the CEOs can’t figure out why sales are down. Now this dreaded thing found another victim in Japanese anime out of all things
Cityfibre should get the DEI award. On one hand they support their own internal LGBTQ+ network whilst on the other hand they’re partly owned by the UAE government who send people to prison just for being homosexual.
I guess they’re just covering all bases?