ITSPA

02/05/2019

The winners of the 11th annual ITSPA Awards, sponsored by Magrathea, were announced yesterday. Congratulations everyone!

Award Winners:

Best Business ITSP (up to £2m): Fuse2 Communications
Best Business ITSP (£2m-£10m): Voipfone
Best Business ITSP (over £10m): Vonage
Best SOHO ITSP: TTNC
Best Multi-national Solution: RingCentral
Best VoIP Infrastructure: SIP Trunk Call Manager Gamma
Best VoIP Device: Conference Phone Series Yealink
Best VoIP Software: Session Routing Engine Netaxis Solutions
Best VoIP Innovation: Session Routing Engine Netaxis Solutions
Best VoIP Vertical Solution: Contrex Hello Telecom
Best Wholesaler: Gamma
ITSPA Hero: Jim Reilly, OTA (Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator)

Highly Commended:

Best Business ITSP (up to £2m): PBX Hosting
Best Business ITSP (£2m-£10m): Foehn
Best SOHO ITSP: Dial 9 Communications
Best Multi-national Solution: VoIPLine Telecom
Best VoIP Infrastructure: NEMO Suite Netaxis Solutions
Best VoIP Device: Trio 8800 Solution Polycom
Best VoIP Software: Voxivo Cloud Phone Foehn
Best VoIP Innovation: MaX UC Metaswitch
Best VoIP Vertical Solution: Aeriandi Archive Aeriandi
Best Wholesaler: TelcoSwitch

https://www.itspa.org.uk/itspa-awards/

ITSPA Awards

02/05/2019

ITSPA Awards 2019

14/06/2018

The ITSPA Summer Forum is being held on 4th July from 2pm to 5pm at the offices of BDO (55 Baker Street, London, W1U 7EU).

Tickets are available now and are free to ITSPA members and £50 for non-members: https://buff.ly/2MrJfeI

The agenda is available below:

2.00pm - Summer Forum start and welcome
2.05pm - The Cavell Group Annual Market Update with Dominic Black, Senior Analyst
2.30pm - The Infrastructure Panel session: FTTP, will it be a game changer for VoIP?
3.15pm - Coffee break
3.25pm - Strategic transformation of number portability - A presentation from Gordon Cannon, Head of Global IP Exchange, Wholesale & Ventures at BT
3.55pm - The new Ofcom General Conditions: What ITSPs need to know - Presentation by Danny Preiskel, Senior Partner, Preiskel & Co LLP
4.30pm - AI: How is it revolutionising services? - A Gartner presentation
5.00pm - Networking drinks reception

Polycom, VTech and Sangoma will be exhibiting their products in the breaks.

The 2018 Summer Forum will feature a number of sessions on a range of hot topics for ITSPA members and the wider industry. Content at this year’s event will include: an update on the state of the market from industry analysts Cavell Group; an introduction on how the new Ofcom General Conditions wi...

29/05/2018

22/05/2018

The 2018 ITSPA Awards, sponsored by Magrathea, are taking place this Thursday at the Barbican Botanical Gardens. Don't miss out on your final chance to buy tickets!

ITSPA, the UK body representing the next generations communications industry, will present its tenth annual awards ceremony in the Botanical Gardens on Level 3 at Barbican on Thursday 24th May 2018. To mark the tenth ITSPA Awards, a complete refresh of the categories has taken place, representing th...

24/04/2018

The finalists for the 2018 ITSPA Awards, sponsored by Magrathea, were announced today. Congratulations to all those shortlisted for our tenth Awards! Full list and details on how to book tickets for the ceremony in a month's time here:

09/04/2018

Delighted to announce that we are holding a curry dinner for members on the first evening of IPEXPO Manchester on 25th April. More here:

07/11/2017

The ITSPA Christmas Lunch is taking place on 7th December, 1pm-5pm, sponsored by Magrathea, at the In & Out, Naval and Military Club in central London.

Tickets include a welcome drinks reception followed by a three course festive meal, with mince pies.

Tickets are selling fast, so don't miss out!

The annual ITSPA Christmas lunch is taking place in King Harald V suite at The In & Out club in the members private Naval & Military club in central London. The tickets include drinks on arrival, a…

25/10/2017

Delighted to announce that Centile will be sponsoring our industry dinner with Cavell Group on the next generation of mobility.

Just a week to go so book now to grab the final remaining tickets!

https://buff.ly/2zONcUr

This year's dinner will focus on the next generation of mobility and the growing expectations from many in the industry that mobility will become ever more important for end customers. The discussion will be led by Matt Townend, Director of Research and Consulting at Cavell Group and topics discussed will include:

- How can you offer mobility to end customers?
- Do you need network assets and how can you get around this?
- Will the industry go mobile only? With some providers going with a mobile first approach, how can this be done in the future?
- What is the future and value of offering fixed handsets?

Sponsored by This year's dinner will focus on the next generation of mobility and the growing expectations from many in the industry that mobility will become ever more important for end…

18/10/2017

ITSPA is holding a dinner with Cavell Group on the next generation of mobility.

The dinner is taking place on 1st November at The Modern Pantry in central London. More details are available here: https://buff.ly/2yxco1x

This year's dinner will focus on the next generation of mobility and the growing expectations from many in the industry that mobility will become ever more important for end customers.

The discussion will be led by Matt Townend, Director of Research and Consulting at Cavell Group and topics discussed will include:
• How can you offer mobility to end customers?
• Do you need network assets and how can you get around this, e.g. MVNOs etc.
• Will the industry go mobile only? With some providers going with a mobile first approach, how can this be done in the future?
• What is the future and value of offering fixed handsets?

This year's dinner with Cavell Group will focus on the next generation of mobility and the growing expectations from many in the industry that mobility will become ever more important for end…

25/09/2017

We're holding two events this Thursday. Spaces are still available for both - see below for more:

ADR Workshop with Ombudsman Services

28 September
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
ITSPA offices, 4th floor, 69 Wilson Street, London, EC2A 2BB

The workshop, which is being held jointly with ISPA, will provide an introduction to Ombudsman Services, their procedures, processes and how they work, how to deal with customer complaints effectively; and will also provide an opportunity for members to raise any queries or questions with Ombudsman Services.

This event is free to attend for ITSPA members and will be followed by the networking drinks on our terrace. If you wish to attend please RSVP to [email protected]

https://buff.ly/2hsL9Nq

WebRTC workshop with Trefor.net
28 September
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Osborne Clarke, 1 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5EB

Trefor.net has teamed up with ITSPA to hold a workshop on WebRTC. We start with our friend Rob Pickering, CEO of IPCortex who is going to bring us up to date with the standard and support for WebRTC. This will be followed by vendor presentations from Genband, Oracle, Quobis, Sonus and IPCortex together with Netaxis. The event will conclude with a panel discussion on how Service Providers might incorporate WebRTC solutions into their offerings. The plan for afterwards is beer and curry which is very generously being sponsored by Genband, Oracle, Sonus Networks, Netaxis and IP Cortex.

Further details and tickets are available here: https://buff.ly/2hsa5EP

ITSPA has an active events programme with members enjoying a mixture of regular workshops, dinners and receptions. These enable attendees to network, listen to industry analysis and discuss hot…

12/09/2017

We're at Channel Live today and tomorrow, with Netaxis Solutions. Come to our stand for the ITSPA raffle and the exclusive ITSPA ale!