Because we are innovators in VoIP and are one of the founders of the VoIP industry in the UK, Voipfone has been featured in many media over the years - newspaper and magazine articles and on TV a radio. You’ll find a selection below.

 

We’ve also been in the medals for Best VoIP Provider of the Year for each year we entered - 2007 and 2008. This is a prestigious award given by the Federation of Communication Services. (The FCS is the UK Trade Association for the communications services industry)

 

Best Business VoIP Provider - ITSPA Awards 2011

 

The award ceremony was held in the BT Tower on Monday 7 March, 2011, and was introduced by Julian Huppert MP, chair of the Liberal Democrat IT and IP Working Group, and Steve Unger from Ofcom.

 

The ceremony coincided with the ‘Unified Communications EXPO 2011’, a major telecoms event at London Olympia taking place on 8-9 March, sponsored by ISPA.

 

ITSPA chairman, Eli Katz, said: “The award for ‘Best Business ITSP - SMEs’ is designed to recognise the company that provides the best all-round voice service for the small and medium business user. The winner must offer a good selection of business features, including multiple telephone numbers, call queuing and support for remote workers.”

 

Colin Duffy, CEO of iNet Telecoms (Voipfone’s parent company), says: “We provide services to the millions of small and medium sized UK business that will be the driving force behind the UK's economic recovery. In these austere times, when spending cutbacks are commonplace and all kinds of services are suffering, we're giving our customers the tools to survive and grow.

 

The award from ITSPA backs up our ethos of putting customers first”

 

The third annual ITSPA Awards were open to all those in the VoIP industry, including those who were not members of ITSPA. All entrants were subjected to rigorous independent testing and review.

 

Shortlisted Entrant 2009 National eWell-Being Awards

 

The National eWell-Being Awards, conceived by the charity UK CEED and sponsored by BT and Unison, are now in their 7th year.

 

The prestigious awards ceremony, held at the Royal Society of Arts in London, showcased the innovative application of Information Communication Technology by 33 finalists across the Award’s 9 categories.

The awards highlighted digital inclusion projects, such as the highly commended project ‘Essex UnITe’, which provides ICT training to older people in sheltered housing; and the winning entry, the Royal National College for the Blind’s ‘Robobraille’ project which offers a free of charge, email-based service where electronic documents can be translated into either synthetic speech or Braille.

 

Voipfone Wins 2009 Best Business VoIP Provider Award

 

The second annual ITSPA Awards were announced in the Strangers’ Dining Room at the House of Commons a few days ago, when Andrew Miller MP hosted more than 100 VoIP industry representatives, parliamentarians and civil servants for the awards ceremony.

 

Accepting the award for iNet Telecoms (Voipfone’s parent company) CEO Colin Duffy highlighted the achievement of their relatively small brand in winning the Best Provider award in an industry dominated by some of the largest companies in the world.

 

“We’ve worked extremely hard to provide world class services that match what small businesses are crying out for, and at a price they can afford,” said Duffy. “It’s a tribute to the Voipfone team that our efforts have been recognised by both the industry and our customers.”

 

The award hurdles were high. As well as independent reviews of all entries, technical testing – conducted by Epitiro - was introduced, for the first time, for the Best Consumer VoIP and Best Business ITSP (SME) awards.

 

ITSPA Chairman Eli Katz said: “Despite the tough economic conditions, residential and business customers are increasingly becoming more aware of the opportunities that IP based communications services can offer, including cost, flexibility and new multi-media services.

 

 

Computer Shopper Review

 

Voipfone has a pay-as-you-go service, but its site is geared for business users and it seems a little intimidating at first.

 

There are a host of services on offer, and the pay-as-you-go service isn't easy to find among these. You have to click on the Signup menu button, at which point you're offered a free trial. Once you've signed up, you can then buy credit.

 

Your free incoming number is limited to an 056 prefix. This is a new code introduced for VoIP services; depending on the caller's phone service, it costs anything between 1p and 5p per minute, and much more from mobiles. UK geographic and other numbers cost an extra £1.99 per month.

 

Account management is also geared towards business users. The control panel is full of icons and menus for features you'll probably never use, unless you plan on setting up a business phone network. For the individual, it's overkill. There's only an older version of the X-Lite softphone available for download, but there are numerous setup guides on the site to help you configure most VoIP hardware, plus a forum for help setting up softphones.

 

 

Best Consumer VoIP – Finalist

 

With VoIP household usage in the UK continuing to rise, the competition within the market is hotting up.

 

Indeed, the Ofcom Communications Market Report for 2010 again confirmed this by indicating that VoIP usage was increasing with 17% of the adult population using the technology (12% in 2009).

 

This award recognises the company that has done the most to produce a well-rounded product for the consumer, combining value for money and features, as well as good customer service and guidance for the user.

 

The Award is open to all businesses delivering a VoIP product, which offers a full telephony service (including connectivity to and from the PSTN, using standard UK DID numbers with access to the emergency services).

 

Judging panel companies are not permitted to enter the application process.

 

 

 

Voipfone Runner Up FCS VoIP Solution of the year

 

London 18 September 2007: Voipfone is the first runner-up of the FCS VoIP solution of the Year. Awarded by Lord David Currie, chairman of Ofcom, at the recent FCS AGM.

 

Colin Duffy, CEO of iNet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone) said “I’m really pleased that we have won this award.

 

“VoIP is the most important development in the telecommunication industry for a generation and has created exciting opportunities for new companies like ours. “As a young, independent, UK, company it’s great for Voipfone to be part of this revolution and we value the endorsement of the UK’s major Telecommunications trade body in our efforts so far. “

 

Voipfone Press Releases

 

Press Release 02/06/2005
Press Release 08/06/2005
Press Release 15/06/2005
Press Release 28/07/2005
Press Release 01/04/2006
Press Release 05/02/2007
Press Release 05/12/2007
Press Release 26/02/2008
Press Release 27/03/2008
Press Release 17/12/2009

Press Release 11/03/2011

 

Voipfone Press Coverage

 

Guardian Technology November 3, 2005
Von Magazine October 1, 2005
BBC World Service March 22, 2006
SKY News Technofile April 15, 2006
Guardian Technology April 27, 2006
Total Business July, 2006

Guardian July 27th 2006
FSB Business Magazine February 2007
The Times March 2007
FCS Awards September 2007

Guardian November 1st 2007
PC-Pro November 2007
Digital Lifestyles December 2007
ihotdesk.com Febuary 2008
BBC Radio Solent June 24th 2008
Voipfone Shortlisted National eWell-Being Awards
Voipfone Wins Best Business VoIP Provider 2009 Award
Tesco VoIP takes numbers to the grave April 2010

Why you can't afford to resist the cloud January 2012