Comms Provider 2010

 

 

FCS is pleased to announce that Comms Provider 2010 will take place on 12th October at the now traditional venue of Simmons and Simmons, Moorgate, London.

 

The annual Comms Provider event is hosted by FCS and its membership for industry and is the meeting place for Comms Providers and the resellers of Fixed, IP and numbering services.

 

 

With a theme of 'Competition in a Fibre World', this year CP10 brings 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 Programme will cover:

 

  Keynote speech by Steve Robertson, CEO Openreach

 

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

 

  -  The reseller army: what we need from NGA - James Palmer, Nine Telecom

 

  -  WLR now: delivery of WLR3 and withdrawal of WLR2

 

  -  New rules arising from the revised European Framework - Dr Simon Miller, BIS

 

  -  NGA services for resellers

 

  -  Non-geographic numbering and price transparency - Markham Sivak, Ofcom

 

  -  Numbering services; a growing and intelligent industry - Kieron James, Zimo Communications

 

 

The event brings together stakeholders in the competive telecoms sector and provides communications providers with an 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 speakers.

 

Registration will open from 9.30 with the event commencing at 10.00 and the close of proceedings scheduled for 15.30. Lunch will be provided for all attendees.

 

Attendance is free to FCS members, and their will be a delegate rate of £100 + Vat to Non-Members wishing to attend.

 

 

 

There are sponsorship opportunities available for Comms Provider 10 including a limited number of exhibition stand spaces so, if you would like more information regarding sponsorship please click here to contact the FCS office.

 

If you have any queries relating to Comms Provider 10 event then please feel free to contact the FCS office on 020 8249 6363 or by sending us an email.

 

 

Comms Provider 10 is 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

 

 

 

Gold Sponsors:

 

 

 

Openreach

 

 

 

 

BT Wholesale

 

 

Silver Sponsors:

 

 

vanilla IP

 

 

 

Champagne Draw Sponsor:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media Partner:

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Comms Provider 09 took place on Thursday October 15th at Simmons & Simmons in Moorgate, London.  Hosted by FCS and its membership the event featured three sessions covering National Developments and Mobile, Competition and finally, Fixed Telephony. 

 

James Palmer speaking at Comms rovider 09With a theme of 'The Rise of the Reseller' the event featured presentations from senior figures from the major industry organisations and bodies including a keynote speech from James Palmer, MD of Nine Telecom Group.

 

Telecoms market growth has been stimulated by the hundreds of companies servicing retail and business customers as CPs and resellers. With the expansion of broadband and applications and new Government and EC focus on communications services, 2009 is a pivotal time for the market. At CP09 the question was asked - what does it mean for the reseller?

 

 

The presentation slides featured at the event can be viewed by clicking on the title of the presentation you wish to view. 

 

CP09 Programme:


10.00 Welcome and Introduction Jacqui Brookes

10.05-11.30 National developments & Mobile - chairman Itret Latif

10.05 Digital Britain - Sam Sharps, BIS

10.30 Totally Mobile - David Stewart, Ofcom

11.00 Trials of a new entrant mobile operator - Magnus Kelly, Mundio Mobile Ltd

11.20 Open forum

11.30 Refreshment break

11.45- 13.00 Competition - chairman Dave Dadds

11.45 Keynote: Rise of the Reseller- James Palmer, Nine Telecom

12.15 Migrations and the role of the OTA2 - Rod Smith & David Halliday, OTA2

12.35 Where is the competition coming from? - Dave Dadds, DRD Communications

12.50 CISAS - Neal Hawkely, IDRS
13.00 Lunch

14.00-15.30 Fixed telephony - chairman Ash Potter

14.00 Openreach update - Amy Chalfen, Openreach

14.30 Next Generation Access - Mark Logan, Openreach

14.50 Transition to WLR3- panel session

15.30 close and refreshments

 

Comms Provider 09 was sponsored by:

 

Strategic Imperatives

Singularity

Nine Telecom Group          

Aurora Kendrick James

Vanilla IP

The Phone Co-op

Union Street

 

Media Partner: Comms Dealer 

 

 

"The meeting place for all companies involved

in the fixed, IP, mobile and numbering communities."



 

Comms Provider 08

 

 

 

David Stewart of Ofcom addressing Comms Provider 08

On the 16th October 2008, FCS and  it's members hosted the

annual Comms Provider seminar:  the event a chance to network and share information.

 

Comms Provider 08 featured three industry sector sessions.  These are detailed below along with the presentations which formed those sessions.  Please 'click' the title of the presentation to view the slides which acompanied it.

 

Mobile Market- session chaired by Jacqui Brookes, FCS CEO

 

10.05     Ofcom's Mobile Sector Assessment             David Stewart - Competition Policy Director Ofcom

10.40     Reply from the Reseller Sector                   Vivian Woodell - MD The Phone Co-op

11.00     PhonepayPlus - Enforcement Perspective    Mark Collins - Policy Executive PhonepayPlus

             on Mobile Phone Paid Services

 

Competitive Communications Market -

session chaired by Dave Dadds, FCS VoIP Group chairman

 

11.30     Number Portability in the UK, What now?    Dave Dadds - MD Vanilla IP

11.50     Voice Quality Broadband Panel

                                        Panel Convenor            Steve Bieniek - Sales Director VoIP Unlimited

                                        Panel                           Adrian Sutherland - Griffin

                                                                           Darren Farnden - Entanet

                                                                           Carl Churchill - Murphx

                                                                           Lance Spencer - Tiscali

12.25     Price Transparency -

                  0870 and Consumer Empowerment      Will Goodall - MD FleXtel

12.45     Customers Matter

                      - telecommunications ombudsman    Andrew Walker - Otelo 

                                                    

Fixed Telephony Market -

session chaired by Ash Potter, consultant and FSPA co-chairman

 

14.15     WLR - Looking Forward & Fibre Strategy    Fergus Crockett - Openreach

14.45     Next Generation Voice Product                 Wolfgang Spinnler & Niall Tanner - BT Group 

15.10     WLR3 Panel

                                    Panel Convenor               Ash Potter - Consultant

                                    Panel                              Dave Curran - Openreach

                                                                          Wail Sabbagh - Strategic Imperatives

                                                                          Mark Timoney - Singularity

                                                                          Steve Cresswell - Union Street

                                                                          Stephen Camm - Nine Telecom

 

15.30     Champagne Draw                                   Clive Hall, Welcome Telecom

 

 

Comms Provider 08 was sponsored by :

 

Kingston Communications

Singularity

Strategic Imperatives

Sentel Independent

Shaftesbury Systems

Switched-on

vanillaIP

Vangent

Welcome Telecom 

 


 

 

Comms Provider 07 was held on Thursday 18 October 2007


Keynote speech from Peter Black on tackling industry problems and the work of OTA and NGNuk

click on each paper to see the presentation


 

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ACSP – focusing on industry governance in a highly divergent industry

FCS Numbering Group – highlighting the key issues which will affect CPs in very rapidly changing sector

FCS VoIP Group – looking at the different ways in which IP is now impacting the industry

FSPA – a session focusing on the undertakings and delivery of WLR3 followed by a panel discussion

Programme

Welcome and Introduction Jacqui Brookes, CEO of FCS

ACSP Update: Introduced by Itret Latif, Scottish & Southern Energy

Proposal on industry governance - Mark Knight, Scottish & Southern Energy

Keynote Speech:Industry self regulation and problem solving - Peter Black, OTA and NGNuk

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All Change in Numbering -Introduced and chaired by Kieron James of Zimo Communications

Ofcom’s PRS Review - Bradley Brady, Ofcom

PhonePayPlus and Regulation of 0871 - Paul Whiting, PhonePayPlus/ICSTIS

Number Portability - Michael Eagle, FCS

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Developments in IP Telephony - Introduced and chaired by Steve Bieniek of VoIP Unlimited

21CN and the Switched on campaign - Joe Kelly, BT Wholesale

Enum - Jay Daley, Nominet

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Delivering Equivalence - Introduced and chaired by Ash Potter, telecoms consultant

Ofcom’s review of the Undertakings - Chris Rowsell, Ofcom

Openreach two years on - Rob Sanders, Openreach

A CP Perspective - Colin Forward, Comms Factory


Followed by a Panel Discussion

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SPONSORS

Graydon UK Limited
KCOM
Oak Telecom
Strategic Imperatives
Tempest Technology
UK Telco (GB) Ltd
Vangent Plc


EXHIBITORS & EVENT SUPPORTERS

Ansaback
Club Communications
DRD Communications Ltd t/as VanillaIP
Intercall Europe Ltd
IPTEL Ltd
Panther Telecom Ltd
Servista Ltd
Shaftesbury Systems Ltd
Switched-on (BT)
Zimo Communications 

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