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The Comms Business<\/a> magazine has announced the winners of their annual\u00a02014 Comms Business Awards<\/a> event, which took place last week in London and saw Daisy Wholesale<\/a> beat competition from ICUK, Zen Internet<\/a>, Gamma and Virtua1 to secure the Best Internet Service Provider<\/em> award.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Each entry to the shortlist was individually scrutinised by a “distinguished panel<\/em>” of independent “industry experts<\/em>“, who are apparently\u00a0carefully selected for their ability to assess the entries. Below we’ve summarised the winners from the more directly business telecoms and Internet related categories, although the full list of winners is available to view here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comms Business Awards 2014 – Key ISP Categories and Winners<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Internet Service Provider of the Year<\/strong>
\nWinner: Daisy Wholesale<\/p>\n

Finalists: Gamma, ICUK, Virtual1, Zen Internet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Network Operator of the Year<\/strong>
\nWinner: Gamma<\/p>\n

Finalists: BT<\/a>, O2<\/a>, tIPicall, Viatel<\/em><\/p>\n

Wholesale Service Provider of the Year<\/strong>
\nWinner: Daisy Wholesale<\/p>\n

Finalists: BTWholesale, Channel Telecom, Viatel, Virtual1<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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