{"id":496,"date":"2012-03-22T09:09:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T09:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=496"},"modified":"2012-03-22T09:09:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T09:09:31","slug":"itspa-announces-uk-internet-2012-voip-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/03\/itspa-announces-uk-internet-2012-voip-award-winners.html","title":{"rendered":"ITSPA Announces UK Internet 2012 VoIP Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itspa.org.uk\" target=\"_new\">Internet Telephony Services Providers&#8217; Association<\/a> (ITSPA), a UK trade body for the Voice-over-IP (VoIP) industry, have announced the winners of its 4th annual <strong>2012 ITSPA Awards<\/strong>. During the ceremony <a title=\"voiptalk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voiptalk.org\" target=\"_blank\">Voiptalk<\/a> was named as <strong>Best Consumer VoIP<\/strong> provider.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe reception took place yesterday in the <strong>House of Commons<\/strong> (Parliament) members dining room and was hosted by <strong>Dr Julian Huppert MP<\/strong>, Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Internet Communications and Technology Forum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Eli Katz, ITSPA Chairman, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Congratulations to all the winners, those companies highly commended as well as the finalists. I\u2019m pleased that we have expanded the award categories this year, which have been well received by the entrants. This year we have seen more companies entering the awards as well as joining the association and I welcome this opportunity to celebrate their innovation and best practice<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>2012 Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Best Consumer VoIP: Voiptalk<br \/>\nBest Business ITSP (Micro): Voipfone<br \/>\nBest Business ITSP (SMEs): Voxhub<br \/>\nBest Business ITSP (Enterprise): Timico<br \/>\nBest VoIP CPE: Yealink \u2013 SIP-T38G<br \/>\nBest VoIP Infrastructure: UM Labs \u2013 Sip Security Controller<br \/>\nMost Innovative VoIP Product\/Service: CounterPath \u2013 Bria iPad edition<br \/>\nITSPA Members&#8217; Pick: Open Source VoIP Projects<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012 Highly Commended<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Best Consumer VoIP: Localphone<br \/>\nBest Business ITSP (SMEs): Gradwell<br \/>\nBest VoIP CPE: Gigaset \u2013 DX800A All-in-One<br \/>\nBest VoIP Infrastructure: Genband \u2013 S3 SBC<br \/>\nMost Innovative VoIP Product\/Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> &amp; Voxygen \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> Connect<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Malden Electronics conducted the technical testing for three award categories: Best Consumer VoIP; Best Business ITSP (Micro); and Best Business (SMEs). Entrants in these categories underwent two months of technical testing. Separately, entrants to all categories had to complete a written self-assessment, which were independently reviewed by the ITSPA Awards judges. The ITSPA Members\u2019 Pick was a selected shortlist from the membership, outlining companies and services who they believed had provided &#8220;<em>real value to the industry in recent years<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet Telephony Services Providers&#8217; Association (ITSPA), a UK trade body for the Voice-over-IP (VoIP) industry, have announced the winners of its 4th annual 2012 ITSPA Awards. 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