Welcome to the Internet Service Providers’ Association
ISPA is a South African non profit company, and recognised Internet industry representative body. Formed in 1996, ISPA has historically served as an active industry body, facilitating exchange between the different independent Internet service providers, ICASA and other government structures, operators and other service providers in South Africa.
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Latest Press Releases
Working From Home is Not All Coffee & Pyjamas
Released on 2020-10-23
A recent survey by human resources consultants 21st Century reveals that most corporate employees are still using remote working tools to help beat COVID-19. South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA), however, cautions work from home employees that the high-speed data connections, Cloud-based file sharing and other remote working tools that enable the new normal […]
Make Your Home Cyber Safe for Children
Released on 2020-10-14
The Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) says October is the ideal time for parents to turn their attention to making the home a cyber-safe stronghold. This month, countries across the world including South Africa are marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The fact that more of us are working from home during the current pandemic […]
Opportunity Knocks as Copper Bows Out
Released on 2020-09-28
South Africa’s digitisation journey is gathering steam as Telkom’s wholesale division, Openserve, announces moves to decommission its copper network on an area-by-area basis in favour of new access mediums such as optic fibre. While Openserve cannot currently provide a fixed date for any particular area, limited decommissioning of the copper-based POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) […]
Rapid Deployment of Infrastructure Key to Post-COVID Recovery
Released on 2020-09-17
The gazetting of the long-overdue draft policy on rapid deployment of electronic communications networks and facilities is good news for a South African economy that shrank 51 percent in the second quarter of 2020. That’s according to the Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) which says the boost to gross domestic product (GDP) delivered […]
