Comms Provider 12

 

Theme: Business to Business 

 

Thursday 18th October 2012

 Venue: Eversheds, 1 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS

 

 

Now in its 10th Year, the FCS CP12 is the meeting place for the UK communication providers and resellers who play host to Government, regulators and wholesale providers to review the changing regulatory and market landscape.

 

“Shaping the future of Business to Business”

 

FCS Comms Provider was an exclusive one-day summit for industry leaders, by industry leaders. Hosted by Eversheds at their world-class offices in the City of London, CP12 was a time-intensive way to get up to speed with current controversies and developments in the communications industry. And to do so in the company of fellow executives and thought-leaders.

 

Session One:

 

Current Issues and Future Trends

 

 

 - The 2012 Channel Census and What it Means for Business CP's

   Nigel Sergeant, Publisher of Comms Dealer Magazine

 

 - Changes in the World of Work and how CP's can Benefit

   Stuart Smith - Business Development Director of Kcom  

 

 - Apprenticeships - The way Forward for Telecoms

   Ann Potterton - CEO of The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals

 

 

Session Two:

Regulation and Efficiency

 

 - Update on Ofcom's work in the Telecoms Sector

   David Stewart - Competition Policy Director of Ofcom

 

 - What ‘Good’ Looks Like for Business Market CP's of Openreach

   Andy Morris - Customer Service Director at Gamma Telecom

 

 - Openreach Update

   Tim Barclay - Openreach’s Managing Director

 

 

Session Three:

 

Bottom-line Considerations

 

 - Making Sense of the Fraud Jigsaw

   Jack Wraith - Head of TUFF, the Telecoms UK Fraud Forum

 

 - Regulatory Compliance and Best Practice for Customer Contracts

   James Walsh - Eversheds

 

 - Delivering a Streamlined Best-Value Service to FCS Members.
   Gregg Hunt - Managing Director of the CISAS Dispute Resolution Service

 

 

 
Comms Provider 2012 was free of charge to FCS members, £100 to non-members.

 

  

 

 

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Comms Provider is a director-level event, dealing with strategic developments in our industry. Speakers and presentations at previous Comms Provider events have covered topics such as:  

                                     

  

 - Government Plans for the New Communications Act - Dr Simon Miller, DCMS

 - With a Response by Jacqui Brookes, FCS CEO

 - Ofcom and the Service Provider Sector - David Stewart, Ofcom

 

 - 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 

 

 - '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

 

 - New Rules Arising from the Revised European Framework - Dr Simon Miller, BIS

 - Next Generation Access: Ofcom policy announcement - Gareth Davies, Ofcom

 - The Reseller Army: What We Need from NGA - James Palmer, Nine Telecom Group 

 

 - Non-Geographic Call Services: Ofcom's New Proposals - Markam Sivak, Ofcom

 - Numbering Services: A Growing and Intelligent Industry - Kieron James, Zimo Communications

 - Linking the New Regional Networks - Adrian Wooster, JON exchange

 

 - Openreach: Fit for the Future - Steve Robertson, CEO, Openreach

 - Business Broadband's Coming of Age - Sian Baldwin, Director, BT Wholesale

 - Delivering Next Generation Access - Simon Day, Griffin Internet