About us
An award winning group
2007 Affiniti, our business-to-business operation, was named as a Centre of Excellence Data Partner by O2
Kingston's IT operation won Computer Weekly magazine's 'Best Place to Work in IT' award for the second year running
Kingston Communications ISP Eclipse Internet won the Best Consumer Broadband category of the Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA) awards
Affiniti achieved Cisco's Optical Metro Transport Authorised Technology Provider (ATP) status, recognising its ability to provide the core knowledge and skills required to successfully deploy and support Cisco® Optical Metro Transport solutions
2006 Affiniti was named Nortel EMEA Partner of the Year
Kingston Communications Contact Centres won the Telesales Team of the Year category of the National Sales Awards
Kingston Communications achieved Group-wide Investors in People accreditation
2005 Affiniti was named as Cisco Systems' IPC Partner of the Year and Services Partner of the Year at Cisco's Partner Summit
Kingston was presented with Nortel's Best Customer Focus Award, acknowledging the 'extra mile' we go for our customers
Kingston was named Best Sumo Business Broadband Provider and Best Carrier at the ISPA awards
Eclipse Internet was named Best Heavy Broadband Provider at the ISPA Awards
Kingston's Directory Enquiries (DQ) service was named Best Wholesale Service at the European Directory Enquiries Awards for the second year running
2004 Kingston became the first UK mainland operator to accept a fully configured Marconi SoftSwitch into our network
Kingston became Cisco's first Gold Partner in EMEA to achieve IP Telephony Communications Specialisation
2003 Kingston was named as Nortel Network’s 'Convergence Partner of the Year' in EMEA
Kingston was accredited as a 'Broadband Solutions Supplier' by the Office of Government Commerce
1999 Our Karoo internet service was the first UK ISP to offer untimed dial-up internet access
Kingston became the first provider of internet access over ADSL technology in the UK, and also pioneered the use of ADSL to provide interactive television services via its KIT service
1989 Kingston's conversion of its network to a digital infrastructure - the first all-digital network in the UK - was completed
1987 Kingston's Hull Colour Pages classified business directory was the first of its type in the UK to be printed in full colour