Comms Provider 12
Thursday 18th October 2012
Location - Eversheds, London
Comms Provider 11
Theme: Sustaining The Comms Provider Market
Thursday 13th October 2011
Venue: Eversheds, 1 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS
The event brought together stakeholders in the competitive telecoms sector and provided communications providers with the opportunity to host and hear from the senior figures and decision makers who are shaping the industry and to pose their own questions direct to the speakers.
Please click on each title to view the relevant presentation slides.
Programme:
10.00 Session 1 - The Regulatory Landscape
chaired by Jacqui Brookes, FCS CEO
- Keynote Speech from Dave Dadds of Vanilla IP - Staying in the Market
- Government Plans for the New Communications Act - Dr Simon Miller, DCMS
- FCS Response by Jacqui Brookes, FCS CEO
- Ofcom and the Service Provider Sector - David Stewart, Ofcom
11.30 Refreshment Break
11.45 Session 2 - Mobile and Numbering
chaired by Kieron James of Zimo Communications
- Mobile Services for Resellers - James Palmer of Nine Telecom
- Update to Non Geographic Call Services Review - Markham Sivak of Ofcom
- FCS Response by Andy Martin of IV Response
13.00 Networking Lunch
14.00 Session 3 - Trading In The Mixed Copper and Fibre Economy
chaired by Sam Dawkins of Itec Support Ltd
- Keynote Speech 'Fibre and the Future of WLR' from John Hurry of Openreach, with an introduction by Liv Garfield
- Next Generation Broadband by Stephen Barclay of Entanet
- Local Networks and proposals for an Open Access Platform by Brett Wilde of INCA
- Response from Sam Dawkins of Itec Support
15.30 close
Sponsors Include
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Champagne Draw Sponsor
There are sponsorship opportunities available for this event, if you have an interest in sponsoring please contact Laura Ford on 020 249 6382 or click here to send an email.
Comms Provider 2010 took place on 12th October 2010.
With a theme of 'Competition in a Fibre World', this year CP10 bought CP's and Resellers together to debate the threats and opportunities of the fibre world where superfast broadband is demanded by business and consumers.
The event was split into three sessions covering The Regulatory Environment, Competition and Resellers in a Converged Environment. The presentation slides used at CP10 can be viewed by clicking on the presentation title listed below.
(The picture shows Steve Robertson, CEO of Openreach delivering his keynote speech at FCS Cooms Provider 10).
The Regulatory Environment
Dr Simon Miller, BIS - New Rules Arising from the Revised European Framework
Gareth Davies, Ofcom - Next Generation Access: Ofcom policy announcement
James Palmer, Nine Telecom Group - The Reseller Army: What We Need from NGA
Competition
Markham Sivak, Ofcom - Non-Geographic Call Services: Ofcom's New Proposals
Kieron James, Zimo Communications - Numbering Services: A Growing and Intelligent Industry
Adrian Wooster, JON Exchange - Linking the New Regional Networks
Resellers in a Converged Environment
Steve Robertson, Openreach - Openreach: Fit for the Future
Sian Baldwin, BT Wholesale - Business Broadband's Coming of Age
Simon Day, Griffin Internet - Delivering Next Generation Access
Comms Provider 10 was kindly sponsored or supported by the following organisations. Please click on the company logo's to visit their websites.
Platinum Sponsors:
Singularity Ltd
Strategic Imperatives Ltd
Union Street Technologies Ltd
Nine Telecom Group
tIPicall
Gold Sponsors:
Openreach
BT Wholesale
Silver Sponsors:
vanilla IP
Champagne Draw Sponsor:
Media Partner:
Details of older Comms Provider events can be found in the event archive.