The winners of the 10th annual ITSPA Awards, sponsored by Magrathea, have been announced today. The Awards, which celebrate innovation and best practice across the next generation communications industry and underwent a refresh for the tenth edition, were held at the Barbican Botanical Gardens in central London. The awards were presented across twelve categories, including four new categories (Best Multi-national Solution, Best VoIP Software, Best VoIP Vertical Solution and Best VoIP Wholesaler). The winners, highly commended entrants and finalists are listed below.
Award Winners:
Best Business ITSP (up to £2m): VoIPstudio
Best Business ITSP (£2m-£10m): Gradwell Communications
Best Business ITSP (over £10m): TalkTalk Business
Best Consumer/SOHO ITSP: Voipfone
Best Multi-national Solution: RingCentral
Best VoIP Infrastructure: Netaxis Solutions – NEMO Suite
Best VoIP Innovation: RingCentral – Cloud communications and Collaboration solutions
Best VoIP Device: Grandstream Networks - GXP1760W WiFi IP Phone
Best VoIP Software: Foehn – Voxivo Cloud Phone System
Best VoIP Vertical Solution: TTNC – Countrywide Business System
Best VoIP Wholesaler: Gamma
ITSPA Hero: Matt Townend, Cavell Group
Highly Commended:
Best Business ITSP (up to £2m): RPS Technology Solutions
Best Business ITSP (£2m-£10m): Voipfone
Best Consumer/SOHO ITSP: Gradwell Communications
Best Multi-national Solution: Orbtalk
Best VoIP Infrastructure: aql
Best VoIP Innovation: Nuvias - Dovetail
Best VoIP Device: Polycom – Trio 8500 AND Sangoma s series IP phones
Best VoIP Software: IPCortex – Keevio
Best VoIP Vertical Solution: Hello Telecom – Contrex VoIP
Best VoIP Wholesaler: TelcoSwitch
Entrants to all categories had to complete a written self-assessment, which were independently reviewed by the ITSPA Awards judges. Separately, the ITSPA Hero Award, which is designed to recognise an individual or organisation which has made a special contribution to the industry, was selected by the ITSPA Council
Eli Katz, the Chair of ITSPA, said “I would like to congratulate all the winners and those companies which were highly commended at the 2018 ITSPA Awards. Fittingly, for our tenth awards anniversary, this year’s field of finalists was particularly competitive and demonstrated the strength and growth of the sector. This special event provided not just a great way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Awards, but also a way of recognising the achievements of ITSPA and our members over the past twelve months. 2018 has seen the work of our two task forces on business switching and cyber crime develop substantially and make good progress in their lobbying activities. We are keen for companies across the industry to continue to join ITSPA and get involved in this important work.”
Magrathea’s Technical Director, Linus Surguy, said “It has been fantastic to see entrants from across the next generation communication sector recognised again at this year’s Awards. Magrathea is delighted to continue to support ITSPA and celebrate the tenth anniversary of this important event. Congratulations to all the winners!”
The 2018 ITSPA Awards were open to all those in the VoIP and unified communications space, including those who are not members of ITSPA.
