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Chair of ISPA Steve Leighton on Solving the UK’s Full Fibre Take-up Problem

27th November, 2025 (34 Comments)

The Strategic Advisor for fibre supplier Altnets and Chair of the UK Internet Service Provider’s Association (ISPA), Steve Leighton, has made a number of recommendations on how he believes the broadband sector can address one of its “most pressing challenges” – low adoption of full-fibre services despite expanding network coverage.

ISPA Reveal WINNERS of the 2025 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards

14th November, 2025 (4 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has tonight revealed the winners of their 27th annual 2025 internet industry and broadband awards. The night’s biggest winners included CommunityFibre, Lightning Fibre, and Wightfibre, each of which took home multiple awards. The former CEO of CityFibre, Greg Mesch, was also named ‘Internet Hero‘.

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Gov Set to Update 2022 UK Telecommunications Security Code of Practice

28th August, 2025 (7 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has proposed to update their Telecommunications Security Code of Practice (2022). This sets out what sort of specific security measures public telecoms providers (broadband, mobile etc.) must take in order to protect their networks from attack and data breaches.

ISPA Unveil First Finalists for 2025 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards

30th July, 2025 (4 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has this morning revealed the shortlist of finalists for their 2025 annual industry awards event, which sees a record of 50 separate organisations (broadband ISPs, network builders etc.) being nominated across 17 categories. Except the “Internet Hero” and “Digital Inclusion” categories, which will be announced later this year.

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ISPA Study Claims 72 Percent of UK Backs Continued Investment in Broadband

8th July, 2025 (1 Comment)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), which is a trade body representing ISPs and related comms providers, has today published the results of a new nationally representative poll. This found that 72% of people believe it’s important for broadband providers to keep upgrading networks and 62% were willing to accept short-term traffic disruption for long-term improvements.

ISPA UK Awards Add Digital Inclusion Champion for Charities and Communities Category

2nd July, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today added another category to their forthcoming 2025 industry awards event (27th ISPA Awards) – ‘Digital Inclusion Champion for Charities and Communities‘, which will sit alongside their similar ‘Digital Inclusion Champion for Industry‘ category.

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Hope for Broadband and Mobile Boost as UK Gov to Publish Planning Bill

10th March, 2025 (6 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has called on the government to be “bold and brave” when they publish their new Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB) tomorrow, which it’s hoped may contain some measures that will benefit the roll-out of gigabit broadband and 4G / 5G mobile networks.

Broadband and Mobile Providers Pledge to Help UK Gov Improve Digital Skills

26th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK government has today set out its plan for increasing digital skills to help “deliver growth and opportunity for all“, which among other things includes various pledges from key ISPs and mobile operators (e.g. BT, CityFibre, Vodafone etc.) to help support the initiative and break down the digital divide that still exists for many people.

ISPA Kicks Off Hunt for the Best UK Broadband Providers of 2025

20th February, 2025 (8 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today begun their annual hunt for the best ISPs and internet companies ahead of their forthcoming 2025 awards event (the 27th one they’ve held), which this time adds several new and refreshed categories (total of 20) to help reflect the trends and successes of the industry.

ISPA Unveil WINNERS of the 2024 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards UPDATE

21st November, 2024 (8 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has tonight revealed the winners of their 26th annual 2024 internet industry and broadband awards, which among other things saw several providers taking home two awards each across different categories, including Brsk, CommunityFibre, and Vorboss.

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Wholesale Provider PXC Partners with UK ISP Association

22nd October, 2024 (0 Comments)

Network provider PlatformX Communications (PXC), which was formerly known as Talk Talk Wholesale before the demerger (here), has joined the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA UK), a trade body for UK ISPs and associated organisations, as part of its Partnership Programme.

ISPA Unveil First Finalists for 2024 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards UPDATE2

6th August, 2024 (4 Comments)

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.

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UK ISP Association Sets Out Telecoms Priorities for Next Government

26th June, 2024 (0 Comments)

The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA), which is a trade body that represents UK broadband ISPs and related comms providers, has today set out the key strategic priorities and actionable policies that it thinks the next UK Government will need to focus on in order to continue the work of “transforming the nation’s digital infrastructure”.

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ISPA Survey Claims Using Poles for UK Broadband is Less Divisive Than Thought

4th April, 2024 (60 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has conducted a new Censuswide survey of 2,563 UK respondents to assess public attitude towards using poles for overhead full fibre broadband delivery, which found that 75% of respondents “clearly recognise the benefits of having access to faster and more reliable broadband even if that is delivered via poles.”

ISPA Start Hunt for the Best UK Broadband Providers of 2024

22nd February, 2024 (5 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has just kicked off their annual hunt for the best ISPs and internet companies ahead of their forthcoming 2024 awards event, which this time adds several new and refreshed categories (total of 17) to help reflect the trends and successes of the industry.

ISPA Names WINNERS of the 2023 UK ISP Internet Industry Awards UPDATE

10th November, 2023 (37 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has this morning revealed the winners of their 25th annual 2023 internet industry and broadband awards, which among other things saw several ISPs taking home more than one award across different categories, including Hyperoptic, CommunityFibre and Brsk.

ISPA Begins Hunt for UK Internet Hero in 2023 Industry Awards

1st September, 2023 (3 Comments)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today started inviting feedback to help them pick the shortlist for this year’s “Internet Hero” category as part of their 2023 internet industry awards event, which is due to take place on 9th November at the Old War Offices in Whitehall (Raffles London at the OWO Hotel).