by TheISPA | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog, News, Press Releases
ISPA, the voice of the UK Internet industry, held its 20th Anniversary Conference in the BT Tower on the ‘Future Communications Landscape’. One hundred senior representatives from the breadth of the Internet industry, media, Government officials, and experts exchanged...
by TheISPA | Nov 13, 2015 | Political Monitor
Broadband Parliamentary Questions In response to a number of questions regarding broadband Digital Industries Minister, Ed Vaizey MP, made the following points: The Government-funded Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme has provided over 50,000 small and medium...
by TheISPA | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, News, Press Releases
The Prime Minister has said the Government could introduce a 10 Mbit/s Universal Service Obligation for broadband. Our response is below. ISPA agrees with the Prime Minister that broadband is vital and welcomes the ambition to get more UK homes and businesses online....
by TheISPA | Nov 6, 2015 | Political Monitor
Broadband Parliamentary Questions In response to a number of questions regarding broadband, Digital Industries Minister, Ed Vaizey MP, made the following points: Any decision regarding new funding for the Broadband Voucher Scheme is subject to the forthcoming...
by TheISPA | Nov 5, 2015 | News
Digital Scotland Christmas Campaign – more opportunity for you to sell into fibre enabled areas. The postcard will be sent to over 100,000 premises from Aberdeenshire to the Scottish Borders offering internet service providers to market and sell to fibre enabled...
by TheISPA | Nov 4, 2015 | Blog, News, Press Releases
ISPA, the voice of the UK Internet industry, has initially responded to the publication of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill. ISPA believes law enforcement should have reasonable access to data and we support this new legislation as it tries to simplify the...
by TheISPA | Nov 3, 2015 | ISPA Newsletter, News
Openreach, Sky, Virgin & Ofcom to speak at the 20th Anniversary ISPA Conference The ISPA Conference is almost two weeks away, with 5 panels and two keynotes looking at the future of the communications sector. The Conference comes at a pivotal time for industry,...
by TheISPA | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, ISPA Newsletter, News
With the Investigatory Powers Bill due before Parliament this week, ISPA has prepared a checklist for Parliamentarians of things that need to be considered for the new legislation to be proportionate and effective. The five points are: 1 Full, extensive Parliamentary...
by TheISPA | Oct 30, 2015 | Political Monitor
Broadband Parliamentary Questions In response to a number of questions regarding broadband Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey MP made the following points: A range of solutions will be required to reach those in the hardest to reach areas. Decisions on any...
by TheISPA | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, News, Press Releases
ISPA has long supported the principle of a free and open Internet, and the UK, with its advanced digital economy, has generally had a less emotive debate about ‘net neutrality’ than other countries. Now that the proposals have passed it is important that the UK...