The winners of the 12th annual ITSPA Awards announced!
The winners of the 12th annual ITSPA Awards, sponsored by Magrathea, have been announced today. The Awards, designed to celebrate innovation, best practice and recognise achievement within the next generations communications industry, were held online, due to the current circumstances. The awards were presented across twelve categories. The winners, highly commended entrants and finalists are […]
STIR and Shaken in the UK
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On 24th July 2020, we hosted a webinar to discuss the introduction of SITR and Shaken in the UK. The webinar saw representatives from the US give a summary of how the implementation of STIR and Shaken is going and suggestions to make the process smoother in the UK. It was an incredibly insightful session […]
Summer Forum Series
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Due to COVID restrictions, our annual Summer Forum Series was held virtually over a four week period from 18th June 2020 – 9th July 2020. The series was incredibly well attended and included four webinars on the key topics facing the telecommunications industry at the time. All the webinars were recorded and can be seen […]
2020 ITSPA Awards Finalists Announced
ITSPA has announced the finalists of the 12th annual ITSPA Awards today. The Awards, which are sponsored by Magrathea, recognise achievement within the VoIP and Unified Communications industry and this year saw a record number of entries from across the sector. The Awards are designed to celebrate innovation and best practice within the sector and […]
Recommendations for Resilience Guidance Launched
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The Operations Group (our working group focused on standards, technical issues and best practice initiatives) has published the “Recommendations for ITSP Resilience” guidance document. This document sets out a series of measures that ITSPs should take to ensure that the resilience of their network and systems is adequate. This paper intends to help members comply […]
Recommendations for Resilience Guidance Launched
The ITSPA Operations Group (our working group focused on standards, technical issues and best practice initiatives) has published the “Recommendations for ITSP Resilience” guidance document. This document sets out a series of measures that ITSPs should take to ensure that the resilience of their network and systems is adequate. This paper intends to help members […]
ITSPA responds to Labour’s plan to nationalise Openreach
ITSPA, the trade body for the next generation communications industry, has expressed its huge concern over the impact of Labour’s plan to nationalise Openreach on the industry and customers. The Labour Party has announced plans to provide ‘free’ broadband to every UK home by 2030 by nationalising the ‘functional divisions’ of BT, Openreach. Labour have […]
2020 ITSPA Awards Launched
The Internet Telephony Service Providers’ Association (ITSPA), the UK body representing the next generations communications industry, has today launched the 2020 ITSPA Awards, sponsored by Magrathea. The 2020 ITSPA Awards, which will be the twelfth edition of the event, will take place on Thursday 30th April at Sea Containers in central London, overlooking the river […]
2019 ITSPA Awards Winners Announced
The winners of the 11th annual ITSPA Awards, sponsored by Magrathea, have been announced today. The Awards, designed to celebrate innovation, best practice and recognise achievement within the next generations communications industry, were held at Glaziers Hall in central London. The awards were presented across twelve categories. The Awards continued with the same categories following […]
ITSPA expresses both hope and reservations, as Ofcom launch key consultations in its ongoing IP-Migration plans
ITSPA, the trade body for the next generation communications industry, has broadly welcomed Ofcom’s consultation announcements on Thursday, but with some reservations around the potential approach to resolving the long-term problems around number portability. The three separate consultations published by Ofcom today seek stakeholders’ views on number management, the future use of numbers, as well […]