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ISPA - Internet Service Providers Austria

The use of the internet in the daily life of the people and the economy has become vital and is going to increase. Via different kinds of net infrastructure, the austrian internet service providers enable access to the internet as well as an international connectivity for the citizens, civil services and companies in Austria. In addition, they offer various services, contents and applications to the citizens and the economy via and with the use of the internet.

The ISPA is a community of the Austrian internet service providers, which supports the interests of the internet industry and promotes the internet in Austria.

The ISPA ...

promotes the internet in Austria
acts as a representative of the ISPA members towards the government, public authorities and all other institutions, organizations and bodies
acts as a negotiation platform between Telekom Austria and alternative ISPs for the operation of ADSL and SDSL in Austria
stands for the support of fair competition especially regarding regulation and unbundling
serves as a promoter of special projects like ASP Group Austria and WLAN Group Austria
secures the internet infrastructure with the Austrian early warning and security system CIRCA (Computer Incident Response Coordination Austria)
organizes work groups and initiatives for ISP relevant topics
works out codes of conduct for the industry
serves as a platform for common efforts to develop and implement standards and policies (self-liability)
provides special services for its members, like sample general terms and conditions, legal information, press reviews etc.
supports requests and interests of its members in the public
cares for international cooperation and exchange of experience with institutions and organizations that have the same or similar aims
offers an independent information platform to its members
regularly arranges information and discussion events based on topical and important topics of the internet industry.

ISPA Topics:

competition - for general conditions regarding competition
ISPA broadband offensive - promotion of internet broadband connections
WLAN - mobile und stationary radio connections with the internet
Voice over IP
Spam - against unwanted advertisement via e-mail
CIRCA - Computer Incident Response Coordination Austria
Application Service Providing - services via internet
E-Commerce - for dynamic electronic business connections
E-Payment - for secure and easy payment systems for the internet
Cybercrime - law and prosecution on the internet
Stopline - report office for illegal contents on the internet
saferinternet.at
Against obligatory data storage - for proportionality and privacy
Unbundling and regulation - for a fair competition
... and many more.

Interested persons can contact the ISPA office at any time for inquiries and information, either via telephone number
+43 1 4095576 or via e-mail to office@ispa.at.

Andreas Koman - President
Andreas Wildberger - Secretary General

Office:
ISPA - Internet Service Providers Austria
Währingerstrasse 3/18
A - 1090 Wien
AUSTRIA Tel.: +43 1 409 55 76
Fax: +43 1 409 55 76 21
email: office@ispa.at
web: www.ispa.at